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| 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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| dinner-pails | ||
| a metal pail used to carry a meal to school or work
"I like to share the scraps from my dinner-pail with my animal friends." |
Paragraph 304: Example | |
| eventime | ||
eventime – evening Example Sentence: |
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| far woods | ||
| The far woods is a forest near the McKibben Mill, about a quarter of a mile west from Opal's home.
Opal calls this area the far woods because she thinks it is far from her house. |
Picture: Sky view of the far woods today
Paragraph 194: A box in the woods Paragraph 479: The place where the ferns grow |
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| mill | ||
| The mill by the far woods was owned by Sadie McKibben's family. Several other neighbors of Opal's also worked in the McKibben mill.
A lumber mill turns cut trees and logs into planks and lumber. The loggers and mill workers live near it in bunk houses housing as many as 20 or more men. The McKibben lumber mill burned down in 1907, a couple of years after Opal moved from Walden into Cottage Grove. |
Picture: the McKibben mill by the far woods
Picture: sky view of the mill by the far woods Paragraph 5: The road to Sadie McKibbon's house Paragraph 303: Watching the folks from the lumber camp |
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| Thomas Chatterton Jupiter Zeus | ||
Opal has given this name to a wood rat who is one of her favorite pets. Opal very often carries Thomas Chatterton Jupiter Zeus whenever she goes visiting or exploring. Opal named her pet rat after the poet Thomas Chatterton, and two gods of classical mythology. |
More about: Thomas Chatterton Jupiter Zeus
About: Jupiter About: Zeus About: the poet Thomas Chatterton |
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