POPPY By Jacint Szabo

Plot Line:What Happens in Poppy Poppy & Mr. Ocax fight. Poppy talks to george and learns the owl there is fake Lungwort asks permission to move to New House, Mr. Ocax denies it Ereth tells Poppy the truth about Mr. ocax & porcupines. Mr. Ocax dies by crashing into the salt lick Poppy's chosen to help Lungwort Poppy talks to Mr Ocax Ereth eats the salt She returns to Gray House, & Lungwort says that there's not enough food Poppy goes to New House Poppy is chased into Ereth's log. Poppy tells her family that Mr. ocax died Poppy goes to Dimwood Ragweed dies Poppy remembers when she learned about porcupines Poppy and her family dance on Bannock Hill. Poppy & Ragweed go to Bannock Hill

The Main Characters Poppy Deer mouse Mr. Ocax Horned owl Ereth (Erethizon Dorsatum) Porcupine Lungwort Deer mouse Sweet Cicely Deer mouse

Poppy Poppy is a curious, but timid deer mouse who was in love with Ragweed, a golden mouse. She is the most important character in the book. Early in the book, she was attacked by Mr. Ocax and got a scar on her nose She killed Mr. Ocax by stabbing him in the claw and directing him into the salt lick.

Mr. Ocax Mr. Ocax the horned owl and second most important charachter is the tyrant “ruler” of the Dimwood Area. He provides the Gray House mice false information about porcupines, and also lies about his fears (Who wouldn't, though?). After accidentally letting Poppy escape, he vows that he'll kill her, but he ends up dying by Poppy's hand, which is ironic

Ereth Ereth (Erethizon Dorsatum) is a porcupine who keeps saying things like “bee's butt” and “grasshopper gass”. He literaly lives right across the street (or clearing) from Mr. Ocax, and helps Poppy go to New House safely. Ereth loooooves salt, “every kind,” according to him.

Lungwort & Sweet Cicely Lungwort is Poppy's father and patriarch of the Gray House mice. He asks Mr. Ocax's permission to move to new house, but it is denied. He is not a very important character, but he's important enough. Sweet Cicely is Poppy's mother and Lungwort's ever- faithful wife. She acts as matriarch, but her role, other than helping her husband, isn't great. She's also very fussy about everything

Conflicts and Resolutions The Gray House mice are opressed by Mr. Ocax's rule Mr. Ocax dies by crashing into the salt lick, smashing it to pieces. (death by salt lick)  Poppy promised the salt lick to ereth, but has no way of getting it The Gray House mice are mad at Poppy for going to Bannock Hill without permission. She goes through dimwood forest to scout the New House area.

Personal (but not Private) Reflections I mostly like Poppy, or in other words, I really like Poppy, especially because of two characters: Ragweed and Ereth. Another reason I like Poppy is that I like books in which animals talk... inteligently. My favorite part is when Ragweed says “them there dude porcupines!” The people I seriously recommend this book to is everyone above age five who hasn't read it yet. Unfortunately, this is not my favorite book, even though it is quite close.

Poppy's Changes of Thought IN THE BEGINING... Poppy likes Ragweed She's very timid/shy Poppy is terrified by the thought of porcupines LATER THOUGH... She likes Rye She becomes braver Poppy is not terrified by the thought of porcupines