Mystic Horse LindaC/Callison/2011

Other books by Paul Goble . . . and many more

Read the definition Look at the picture Try to guess the word Click to see the word

sores places on the skin that are broken open and painful You don’t really want to see pictures of sores do you?

loosened to make something less tight Even the president loosened his tie to relax.

something that is hard to understand or explain mysteries

when something causes surprise and wonder amazement

when you are in the middle of something midst

having a job or duty to perform responsibility

a series of people relieving each other or taking turns relays

intervals chunks of time or space between things These are one-week intervals.

the part of a country where people are just beginning to settle frontier

a method of long-distance communication through wires telegraph

These are words in the story you may not have seen before. High Interest Words These are words in the story you may not have seen before.

someone who follows a religious belief having to do with communicating with the divine mystic

a rope used for catching horses, cows, etc. lariat

to hold somebody or some-thing tightly with the hands clasped

a traditional animal-hide tent used by the Plains Indians teepee

trans-continental something that extends across a continent In 1869 the trans-continental railroad was completed connecting the east and west coasts.

frontier telegraph High Interest Words mystic lariat clasped teepee transcontinental sores loosened mysteries amazement midst responsibility relays intervals