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for The Diary of Opal Whiteley

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


cathedral
  The cathedral is a small clearing in the woods surrounded by tall trees.

Opal calls this clearing a cathedral because she uses it for religious services. The word cathedral is also often used to describe tall Old growth forests.

Picture: Sky view

Paragraph 97: The goodness of Sadie McKibben

Paragraph 350: A cream lily for the soul of Peter Paul Rubens


eventime
 

eventime – evening

Example Sentence:
After Opal and the pig were sent home she spent the day playing in the nearby woods. It was near eventime (evening) when she started home.




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