1. VOCABULARY The Story of Jumping Mouse

2. Content The far-off land sounded so wonderful the young mouse began to dream about it. He knew he would never be content until he had been there. I’m not content with the way my bedroom looks. Maybe I’ll paint the walls blue and put a new poster.

3. Content Happy or satisfied

4. desert The young mouse liked to hear about he desert beyond the river, and he got shivers from the stories about the dangerous shadows that lived in the sky. All kinds of cactus grows in the desert. They can survive without much water.

5. desert A place where little or no rain falls

6. dismay The young mouse peered into the deep water. “How will I ever get across?” he said in dismay. To her dismay, Tammy discovered that she had lost her favorite sunglasses. She was upset for days.

7. dismay A sudden feeling of disappointment

8. encounter “You will encounter hardships on your way, but don’t despair. You will reach the far-off land if you keep hope alive within you.” Where might a mouse encounter a bison? The two animals could probably meet somewhere on the Great Plains.

9. encounter To come across or meet

10. exhausted He ate berries when he could find them and slept only when he was exhausted. After running in the marathon, Michael said he had never been so exhausted in his entire life.

11. exhausted Very tired

12. guide If you hop along beneath me, the shadows of the sky won’t see you, and I will guide you to the mountains. The hiker volunteered to guide us along the trail. We followed her and soon reached the lake.

13. guide To lead someone along a path or to show the way Someone who leads or shows the way