John Gardner Vocabulary

  “There once was a king whose kindgom was plagued by a dragon.” (p.191)  Definition: troubled by, tormented by Plagued

  “Every time there was a full moon the dragon came out of his lair and ravaged the country side” (p.191)  Definition: violently destroyed, ruined Ravaged

  “The cobbler and his family came to the king’s meeting and stood way in back by the door, for the cobbler had a feeling that since he was nobody important there had probably been some mistake” (p.192)  Definition: shoe maker Cobbler

  “But I can’t force them to go. I’m not a tyrant.” (p.193)  Definition: a cruel, unjust ruler Tyrant

  Lived  Loved tales about dragons and monsters  His first book is called Grendel, it was written about the monster in the story Beowulf  He wrote stories for his children for their birthdays  He worked on multiple books at a time John Gardner