The Pearl Chapter I

Mareike F.
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  1. chitter
    make high-pitched sounds, as of birds
    Outside the brush house in the
    tuna clump, a covey of little birds chittered and flurried with their wings.
  2. sand trap
    a hazard on a golf course
    Kino watched with the detachment of God while a dusty ant frantically
    tried to escape the sand trap an ant lion had dug for him.
  3. scorpion
    a small, eight-legged creature with pincers and a stinging, poisonous tail
    Down the rope that hung the baby's box from the roof support a scorpion moved slowly.
  4. retell
    to say, state, or perform again
    And,
    as with all retold tales that are in people's hearts, there are only good and bad things and
    black and white things and good and evil things and no in-between anywhere.
  5. pulque
    fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey
    And he drank a little pulque and that was breakfast.
  6. cooky
    any of various small flat sweet cakes
    That was the only breakfast he had ever known outside of feast days and one incredible fiesta on cookies that had nearly killed him.
  7. feast day
    a day designated for feasting
    That was the only breakfast he had ever known outside of feast days and one incredible fiesta on cookies that had nearly killed him.
  8. soundlessly
    without a sound
    It was Juana arising, almost soundlessly.
  9. puncture
    pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
    She found the puncture with redness starting from it already.
  10. curl up
    shape one's body into a curl
    A thin, timid dog came close
    and, at a soft word from Kino, curled up, arranged its tail neatly over its feet, and laid its
    chin delicately on the pile.
  11. clench
    squeeze together tightly
    Under her breath Juana
    repeated an ancient magic to guard against such evil, and on top of that she muttered a
    Hail Mary between clenched teeth.
  12. fiesta
    a public celebration or party
    That was the only breakfast he had ever known outside of feast days and one incredible fiesta on cookies that had nearly killed him.
  13. take root
    become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
    And because the story has been told so often, it has taken root in every man's mind.
  14. covey
    a small flock of birds
    Outside the brush house in the
    tuna clump, a covey of little birds chittered and flurried with their wings.
  15. glisten
    be shiny, as if wet
    It stopped, and its tail rose up over its back in little jerks and the curved thorn on the tail's
    end glistened.
  16. feint
    any distracting or deceptive maneuver
    Near the brush fence two roosters bowed and
    feinted at each other with squared wings and neck feathers ruffed out.
  17. bluster
    be gusty, as of wind
    A late moth blustered in to find the fire.
  18. dank
    unpleasantly cool and humid
    His blanket was over his nose to protect him from the dank air.
  19. flick
    throw or toss with a quick motion
    His eyes flicked to a
    rustle beside him.
  20. rigidity
    the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
    And then the
    startled look was gone from him and the rigidity from his body.
  21. plaintively
    in a manner expressing sorrow
    In his mind a new song
    had come, the Song of Evil, the music of the enemy, of any foe of the family, a savage,
    secret, dangerous melody, and underneath, the Song of the Family cried plaintively.
Created on Fri Nov 04 12:29:38 EDT 2011

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