War Horse Chpt 1

Kim D.
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  1. scamper
    run or move about quickly or lightly
    hilly fields and dark, damp stables, and rats that scampered
    along the beams above my head.
  2. firebrand
    a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
    Are you, my little
    firebrand?
  3. clamber
    climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
    My owner had a rope in his
    hand and was clambering into the pen followed by
    three or four of his red-faced friends.
  4. stamina
    enduring strength and energy
    She was a fine working farm horse, getting on in
    years but with all the strength and stamina of an Irish
    draught horse quite evident in her fore and hind
    quarters.
  5. hubbub
    loud confused noise from many sources
    We were parted that day in the terrible hubbub
    of the auction ring and I was never to see her
    again.
  6. auction
    the public sale of something to the highest bidder
    We were parted that day in the terrible hubbub
    of the auction ring and I was never to see her
    again.
  7. rope
    a strong line
    My owner had a rope in his
    hand and was clambering into the pen followed by
    three or four of his red-faced friends.
  8. harsh
    disagreeable to the senses
    The voice was harsh and
    thick with drink, and it belonged quite evidently to my
    owner.
  9. desperate
    a person who is frightened and in need of help
    Perhaps it was the wild look in
    my eye as I circled the ring in a desperate search for my
    mother, or perhaps it was that none of the farmers and
    gypsies there were looking for a spindly-looking halfthoroughbred
    colt.
  10. evident
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
    She was a fine working farm horse, getting on in
    years but with all the strength and stamina of an Irish
    draught horse quite evident in her fore and hind
    quarters.
  11. terror
    an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
    The terror of it
    stayed with me all my life.
  12. thick
    not thin
    The voice was harsh and
    thick with drink, and it belonged quite evidently to my
    owner.
  13. master
    a person who has authority over others
    I shall not call him my master, for only one
    man was ever my master.
  14. search
    look or seek
    Perhaps it was the wild look in
    my eye as I circled the ring in a desperate search for my
    mother, or perhaps it was that none of the farmers and
    gypsies there were looking for a spindly-looking halfthoroughbred
    colt.
  15. touch
    make physical contact with, come in contact with
    I had as yet been touched by no
    man and backed away from them until I felt the bars of
    the pen behind me and could go no further.
  16. minute
    a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
    She was sold within minutes, and before I
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    could follow her through the gates, she was whisked
    out of the ring and away.
  17. wild
    wild, free, and not controlled or touched by humans
    Perhaps it was the wild look in
    my eye as I circled the ring in a desperate search for my
    mother, or perhaps it was that none of the farmers and
    gypsies there were looking for a spindly-looking halfthoroughbred
    colt.
Created on Thu Oct 25 11:46:06 EDT 2012 (updated Thu Oct 25 11:48:55 EDT 2012)

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