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| adown | ||
| down; along
"Some days I like to walk adown the river." |
Paragraph 150: Example | |
| Brave Horatius | ||
| Brave Horatius was Opal’s pet German Shepherd dog. He goes with her everywhere.
Opal named him Brave Horatius after the Roman hero of the poem "Horatius at the Bridge" by Thomas Macaulay. |
Paragraph 79: Brave Horatius thinks it is home-going time
Paragraph 105: A rescue by Brave Horatius Scene 28: Brave Hortatius is lost and found again |
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| girl who has no seeing | ||
| A blind friend of Opal's.
Her real name was Thelma Downes and she lived near Opal's school on Mosby Creek road across from the Stewart Covered Bridge. Thelma is the only friend that Opal takes exploring and teaches about the animals of the forest. Thelma Downes died in a fire near her house in the spring of 1905. She was 25 years old. |
Scene 23: Voices in the wind
Scene 24: Playing with the girl who has no seeing Day 47: The death of the girl who has no seeing. |
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| ranch house | ||
| The house where the owner of a farm and his family lives
"The ranch house was owned by Opal's grandparents, who also owned the land." |
Paragraph 7: other ranch-houses
Picture: Northeast Sky View of Opal's Home Picture: The ranch house L Picture: Side of the Ranch House |
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| rivière | ||
| rivière is French for "river".
The rivière's real name is Mosby Creek. It is directly across the road from Opal's schoolhouse. |
Picture: the riviere - Mosby Creek bridges today
Paragraph 9: The road to the upper camps Paragraph 55: Staying in at recess time |
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| road | ||
| The road runs in front of Opal's grandparent's house. It's real name is Mosby Creek Road.
Opal calls this place where the road goes three ways . It is the intersection of Mosby Creek Road and Layng Road. Opal's vivid imagination sees Mosby Creek road as going two different directions. One way the road goes west towards Cottage Grove. The other way the road goes is east to her school and the blue hills. Layng Road goes north and onto the upper logging camps and the Bohemia gold mines. |
Picture: where the road goes three ways today Picture: sky view of where the road goes three ways Paragraph 5: The road to Sadie McKibben's house Paragraph 6: The road to the school house Paragraph 9: The road to the upper camps |
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