1. Mystic Horse LindaC/Callison/2011

2. Other books by Paul Goble... and many more

3. Routine for Vocabulary 1. Listen to the word. Say the word with your teacher. 2. Listen to the definition. 3. The teacher will give an example of the word, showing you a picture. 4. Think of an example. When your teacher tells you, share your example with your partner. 5. Say the word three times.

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

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

6. something that is hard to understand or explain mysteries

7. when something causes surprise and wonder amazement

8. when you are in the middle of something midst

9. having a job or duty to perform responsibility

10. a series of people relieving each other or taking turns relays

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

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

13. a method of long-distance communication through wires telegraph

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

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

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

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

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

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

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