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Mystic Horse
LindaC/Callison/2011
Other books byPaul Goble
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1. Read the definition2. Look at the picture3. Try to guess the word4. Click to see the word
places on the skin that are broken open and painful
soresYou don’t really want to see pictures of sores do you?
to make something less tight
loosenedEven the president loosened his tie to relax.
something that is hard to understand or explain
mysteries
when something causes surprise and wonder
amazement
when you are in the middle of something
midst
having a job or duty to perform
responsibility
a series of people relieving each other or taking turns
relays
chunks of time or space between things
intervals
These are one-week intervals.
the part of a country where people are just beginning to settle
frontier
a method of long-distance communication through wires
telegraph
High Interest Words
These are words in the story you may not have seen before.
someone who follows a religious belief having to do with communicating with the divine
mystic
a rope used for catching horses, cows, etc.
lariat
to hold somebody or some-thing tightly with the hands
clasped
a traditional animal-hide tent used by the Plains Indians
teepee
something that extends across a continent
trans-continentalIn 1869 the trans-continental railroad was completed connecting the east and west coasts.
soresloosenedmysteriesamazementmidstresponsibilityrelaysintervals
frontiertelegraph
High Interest Wordsmysticlariatclaspedteepeetranscontinental