1. “The Singing Man” Vocabulary

2. abide Banzar tried to be a good member of the village and abide by the elders’ rules.

3. abide (v.) support or follow along with

4. acceptable He never broke any rules and tried to act in a way that was acceptable to them.

5. acceptable (adj.) what is approved

6. boyhood During his boyhood, he did what he was told, but when he grew to be a man, he had to go against the elders.

7. boyhood (n.) for a male, the period of time between infancy and adulthood

8. wares He did not want to make wares to sell in the market.

9. wares (n.) goods or objects for sale

10. trill He wanted to play the flute and trill like a bird.

11. trill (v.) to make a rapidly quivering musical sound

12. famine Then one year, there was a famine in the village and people became weak from hunger.

13. famine (n.) extreme shortage of food