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Imagine you are in a dark forest on a winter night, hunting an enemy_who

just happens to be your neighbor. Now suppose that your neighbor is hunting

you, too. What makes people who should be friends become fierce enemies?

Who is the loser in this story’s deadly fight? The answer may shock you.

LITERARY FOCUS: OMNISCIENT NARRATORA story’s omniscient narrator knows everything that happens, and why. This

type of narrator is not a character in the story but an outside observer who

can tell you what each character is thinking and feeling.

• As you read “The Interlopers,” pay special attention to the information

the narrator gives you about the two characters’ pasts.

• The narrator of “The Interlopers” makes us think that events are leading

one way_up until the story’s very end. Prepare to be surprised.

READING SKILLS: MONITORING YOUR READINGSome of the words and sentences in “The Interlopers” may seem difficult.

The following tips will help you understand this classic story.

• Look for context clues that can help you figure out the meaning of

unfamiliar words.

• Break down long sentences into shorter ones.

• Look for the subject and verb in confusing sentences.

• Stop to summarize important passages or scenes.

• Re-read tough passages. Some passages are hard to understand the first

time.

• Try to visualize, or picture, the events that are happening.

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Literary SkillsRecognize an

omniscientnarrator (or

point of view).

ReadingSkills

Monitor yourreading.

VocabularySkills

Understand anduse context

clues.

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precipitous (pr≤·sip√¥·t¥s) adj.: very steep.

The wooded slope was precipitous—a verticalcliff—and hard to climb.

acquiesced (ak≈w≤·est√) v. (used with in): accept-

ed; agreed; consented.

They never acquiesced in the judgment of thecourt; instead, they bitterly opposed it.

marauders (m¥·rôd√·¥rz) n.: people who roam

around in search of loot, or goods to steal.

The man kept a sharp lookout for marauderswho might be prowling through the woods.

exasperation (eg·zas≈p¥r·†√◊¥n) n.: great

annoyance.

His exasperation at being captured was so greatthat he cursed aloud.

pious (p¢√¥s) adj.: showing religious devotion.

Although not religious, his words were pious.

retorted (ri·tôr√tid) v.: replied in a sharp or witty

way.

Feeling insulted, he retorted angrily.

condolences (k¥n·d£√l¥ns·iz) n.: expressions of

sympathy.

When he heard about his enemy’s death, he sentcondolences to the widow.

languor (la«√g¥r) n.: weakness; weariness.

After hours of hard work, he felt a greatlanguor, and this exhaustion lasted all day.

reconciliation (rek≈¥n·sil≈≤·†√◊¥n) n.: friendly end

to a quarrel.

The fight could end in one of two ways—reconciliation or death.

succor (suk√¥r) n.: help given to someone in

distress; relief.

Unable to free themselves, they waited forrescuers to give them succor.

PREVIEW SELECTION VOCABULARYPreview the following words from “The Interlopers.” Study the words before you begin the story.

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Type ofContext Clue Example

Definition

or restatement

Example

Antonym

Cause and effect

Tito’s languor, his complete weariness,

came when the danger was over.

Tito’s languor was like the feeling you

get after defeat in a basketball game.

His cousin was full of pep, but Tito had

a feeling of languor.

Because of his languor, Tito slept all day.

CONTEXT CLUES: SOLVINGWORD MYSTERIESSuccessful readers are like detec-

tives looking for clues. When

good readers see an unfamiliar

word, they look at the context—

the words and sentences around

the word_for clues to its mean-

ing. Look at these examples to

learn more.

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In a forest of mixed growth somewhere on the eastern spurs of

the Carpathians,1 a man stood one winter night watching and

listening, as though he waited for some beast of the woods to

come within the range of his vision and, later, of his rifle. But

the game for whose presence he kept so keen an outlook was

none that figured in the sportsman’s calendar as lawful and

proper for the chase; Ulrich von Gradwitz patrolled the dark

forest in quest of a human enemy.

The forest lands of Gradwitz were of wide extent and well

stocked with game; the narrow strip of precipitous woodland

that lay on its outskirt was not remarkable for the game it har-

bored or the shooting it afforded, but it was the most jealously

guarded of all its owner’s territorial possessions. A famous law-

suit, in the days of his grandfather, had wrested it from the ille-

gal possession of a neighboring family of petty landowners; the

dispossessed party had never acquiesced in the judgment of the

courts, and a long series of poaching affrays2 and similar scan-

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Which character are youintroduced to in the firstparagraph? What is he look-ing for in the forest?

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1. Carpathians (kär·p†√‚≤·¥nz): mountain range that starts in Slovakiaand extends through Poland, Ukraine, and Romania.

2. poaching affrays (¥·fr†z√): noisy quarrels or brawls about poaching,which means “fishing or hunting illegally on private property.”

precipitous (pr≤·sip√¥·t¥s)adj.: very steep.

acquiesced (ak≈w≤·est√) v.(used with in): accepted;agreed; consented.

Acquiesce has the same Latinorigin as quiet. Someonewho acquiesces agreesquietly and withoutexcitement.


dals had embittered the relationships between the families for

three generations. The neighbor feud had grown into a personal

one since Ulrich had come to be head of his family; if there was

a man in the world whom he detested and wished ill to, it was

Georg Znaeym, the inheritor of the quarrel and the tireless game

snatcher and raider of the disputed border forest. The feud

might, perhaps, have died down or been compromised if the

personal ill will of the two men had not stood in the way; as

boys they had thirsted for one another’s blood, as men each

prayed that misfortune might fall on the other, and this wind-

scourged winter night Ulrich had banded together his foresters

to watch the dark forest, not in quest of four-footed quarry, but

to keep a lookout for the prowling thieves whom he suspected of

being afoot from across the land boundary. The roebuck,3 which

usually kept in the sheltered hollows during a storm wind, were

running like driven things tonight, and there was movement and

unrest among the creatures that were wont to sleep through the

dark hours. Assuredly there was a disturbing element in the for-

est, and Ulrich could guess the quarter from whence it came.

He strayed away by himself from the watchers whom he had

placed in ambush on the crest of the hill and wandered far down

the steep slopes amid the wild tangle of undergrowth, peering

through the tree trunks and listening through the whistling and

skirling4 of the wind and the restless beating of the branches for

sight or sound of the marauders. If only on this wild night, in

this dark, lone spot, he might come across Georg Znaeym, man

to man, with none to witness—that was the wish that was upper-

most in his thoughts. And as he stepped round the trunk of a

huge beech he came face to face with the man he sought.

The two enemies stood glaring at one another for a long

silent moment. Each had a rifle in his hand, each had hate in his

heart and murder uppermost in his mind. The chance had come

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3. roebuck (r£√buk≈) n.: male (or males) of the roe deer, small deer thatlive in Europe and Asia.

4. skirling (sk∞rl√i«) v. used as n.: shrill, piercing sound.

Re-read lines 19-31.Underline what you learnabout why the two men con-tinue the fight between theneighboring families. Whomis Ulrich feuding with?

marauders (m¥·rôd√·¥rz) n.:people who roam around insearch of loot, or goods tosteal.

In lines 44-45, underline thecompound word_a wordthat is made up of twowords. What does this com-pound word mean?

In lines 48-49, circle the sen-tence in which the omnis-cient narrator tells you whateach character is thinkingand feeling.

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to give full play to the passions of a lifetime. But a man who has

been brought up under the code of a restraining civilization

cannot easily nerve himself to shoot down his neighbor in cold

blood and without a word spoken, except for an offense against

his hearth and honor. And before the moment of hesitation had

given way to action, a deed of Nature’s own violence over-

whelmed them both. A fierce shriek of the storm had been

answered by a splitting crash over their heads, and ere they

could leap aside, a mass of falling beech tree had thundered

down on them. Ulrich von Gradwitz found himself stretched on

the ground, one arm numb beneath him and the other held

almost as helplessly in a tight tangle of forked branches, while

both legs were pinned beneath the fallen mass. His heavy shoot-

ing boots had saved his feet from being crushed to pieces, but if

his fractures were not as serious as they might have been, at least

it was evident that he could not move from his present position

till someone came to release him. The descending twigs had

slashed the skin of his face, and he had to wink away some drops

of blood from his eyelashes before he could take in a general

view of the disaster. At his side, so near that under ordinary cir-

cumstances he could almost have touched him, lay Georg

Znaeym, alive and struggling, but obviously as helplessly pin-

ioned5 down as himself. All round them lay a thick-strewn

wreckage of splintered branches and broken twigs.

Relief at being alive and exasperation at his captive plight

brought a strange medley of pious thank offerings and sharp

curses to Ulrich’s lips. Georg, who was nearly blinded with the

blood which trickled across his eyes, stopped his struggling for a

moment to listen, and then gave a short, snarling laugh.

“So you’re not killed, as you ought to be, but you’re caught,

anyway,” he cried, “caught fast. Ho, what a jest, Ulrich von

Gradwitz snared in his stolen forest. There’s real justice for you!”

And he laughed again, mockingly and savagely.

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5. pinioned (pin√y¥nd) v. used as adj.: pinned, as if chained or tied up.

Circle the important eventthat happens to the twoenemies (lines 56-59).

Draw lines to break downthe long sentence in lines69-72 into shorter units ofthought. Then, paraphrasethe sentence.

exasperation(eg·zas≈p¥r·†√◊¥n) n.: greatannoyance.

pious (p¢√¥s) adj.: showingreligious devotion.


“I’m caught in my own forest land,” retorted Ulrich.

“When my men come to release us, you will wish, perhaps, that

you were in a better plight than caught poaching on a neighbor’s

land, shame on you.”

Georg was silent for a moment; then he answered quietly:

“Are you sure that your men will find much to release? I

have men, too, in the forest tonight, close behind me, and they

will be here first and do the releasing. When they drag me out

from under these branches, it won’t need much clumsiness on

their part to roll this mass of trunk right over on the top of you.

Your men will find you dead under a fallen beech tree. For

form’s sake I shall send my condolences to your family.”

“It is a useful hint,” said Ulrich fiercely. “My men had

orders to follow in ten minutes’ time, seven of which must have

gone by already, and when they get me out—I will remember

the hint. Only as you will have met your death poaching on my

lands, I don’t think I can decently send any message of condo-

lence to your family.”

“Good,” snarled Georg, “good. We fight this quarrel out to

the death, you and I and our foresters, with no cursed inter-

lopers to come between us. Death and damnation to you, Ulrich

von Gradwitz.”

“The same to you, Georg Znaeym, forest thief, game

snatcher.”

Both men spoke with the bitterness of possible defeat

before them, for each knew that it might be long before his men

would seek him out or find him; it was a bare matter of chance

which party would arrive first on the scene.

Both had now given up the useless struggle to free them-

selves from the mass of wood that held them down; Ulrich lim-

ited his endeavors to an effort to bring his one partially free arm

near enough to his outer coat pocket to draw out his wine flask.

Even when he had accomplished that operation, it was long

before he could manage the unscrewing of the stopper or get

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retorted (ri·tôr√tid) v.: repliedin a sharp or witty way.

condolences (k¥n·d£√l¥ns·iz)n.: expressions of sympathy. Condolence comes from twoLatin words: com-, a prefixmeaning “with,” and dolere,meaning “to grieve.”

Re-read lines 82-94. What dothe enemies threaten to doto each other once they arerescued?

In line 113, circle the wordthat restates the meaning ofendeavors.


any of the liquid down his throat. But what a heaven-sent draft6

it seemed! It was an open winter7, and little snow had fallen as

yet, hence the captives suffered less from the cold than might

have been the case at that season of the year; nevertheless, the

wine was warming and reviving to the wounded man, and he

looked across with something like a throb of pity to where his

enemy lay, just keeping the groans of pain and weariness from

crossing his lips.

“Could you reach this flask if I threw it over to you?” asked

Ulrich suddenly. “There is good wine in it, and one may as well

be as comfortable as one can. Let us drink, even if tonight one of

us dies.”

“No, I can scarcely see anything; there is so much blood

caked round my eyes,” said Georg; “and in any case I don’t drink

wine with an enemy.”

Ulrich was silent for a few minutes and lay listening to the

weary screeching of the wind. An idea was slowly forming and

growing in his brain, an idea that gained strength every time that

he looked across at the man who was fighting so grimly against

pain and exhaustion. In the pain and languor that Ulrich himself

was feeling, the old fierce hatred seemed to be dying down.

“Neighbor,” he said presently, “do as you please if your men

come first. It was a fair compact. But as for me, I’ve changed my

mind. If my men are the first to come, you shall be the first to be

helped, as though you were my guest. We have quarreled like

devils all our lives over this stupid strip of forest, where the trees

can’t even stand upright in a breath of wind. Lying here tonight,

thinking, I’ve come to think we’ve been rather fools; there are

better things in life than getting the better of a boundary dis-

pute. Neighbor, if you will help me to bury the old quarrel, I—I

will ask you to be my friend.”

Georg Znaeym was silent for so long that Ulrich thought

perhaps he had fainted with the pain of his injuries. Then he

spoke slowly and in jerks.

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6. draft n.: drink. 7. open winter: mild winter.

Re-read the long sentence inlines 118-124. Then, summa-rize the sentence.

Read the boxed passagealoud several times. Focus onconveying the different atti-tudes of Ulrich and Georg.

languor (la«√g¥r) n.: weak-ness; weariness.

In lines 132-137, the narra-tor reveals an importantchange in Ulrich’s attitude.Circle the important changethe narrator tells you about.


“How the whole region would stare and gabble if we rode

into the market square together. No one living can remember

seeing a Znaeym and a von Gradwitz talking to one another in

friendship. And what peace there would be among the forester

folk if we ended our feud tonight. And if we choose to make

peace among our people, there is none other to interfere, no

interlopers from outside. . . . You would come and keep the

Sylvester night8 beneath my roof, and I would come and feast on

some high day at your castle. . . . I would never fire a shot on

your land, save when you invited me as a guest; and you should

come and shoot with me down in the marshes where the wild-

fowl are. In all the countryside there are none that could hinder

if we willed to make peace. I never thought to have wanted to do

other than hate you all my life, but I think I have changed my

mind about things too, this last half-hour. And you offered me

your wine flask. . . . Ulrich von Gradwitz, I will be your friend.”

For a space both men were silent, turning over in their

minds the wonderful changes that this dramatic reconciliation

would bring about. In the cold, gloomy forest, with the wind

tearing in fitful gusts through the naked branches and whistling

round the tree trunks, they lay and waited for the help that

would now bring release and succor to both parties. And each

prayed a private prayer that his men might be the first to arrive,

so that he might be the first to show honorable attention to the

enemy that had become a friend.

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8. Sylvester night: feast day honoring Saint Sylvester (Pope Sylvester I,d. 335), observed on December 31.

Pause at line 175. Earlier inthe story (lines 83-100), whydid each man hope that hisfriends would be the first toarrive? What has changed?

reconciliation(rek≈¥n·sil≈≤·†√◊¥n) n.: friendlyend to a quarrel.

succor (suk√¥r) n.: help givento someone in distress; relief.

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NotesNotes


Presently, as the wind dropped for a moment, Ulrich broke

the silence.

“Let’s shout for help,” he said; “in this lull our voices may

carry a little way.”

“They won’t carry far through the trees and undergrowth,”

said Georg, “but we can try. Together, then.”

The two raised their voices in a prolonged hunting call.

“Together again,” said Ulrich a few minutes later, after lis-

tening in vain for an answering halloo.

“I heard something that time, I think,” said Ulrich.

“I heard nothing but the pestilential9 wind,” said Georg

hoarsely.

There was silence again for some minutes, and then Ulrich

gave a joyful cry.

“I can see figures coming through the wood. They are fol-

lowing in the way I came down the hillside.”

Both men raised their voices in as loud a shout as they

could muster.

“They hear us! They’ve stopped. Now they see us. They’re

running down the hill toward us,” cried Ulrich.

“How many of them are there?” asked Georg.

“I can’t see distinctly,” said Ulrich; “nine or ten.”

“Then they are yours,” said Georg; “I had only seven out

with me.”

“They are making all the speed they can, brave lads,” said

Ulrich gladly.

“Are they your men?” asked Georg. “Are they your men?” he

repeated impatiently, as Ulrich did not answer.

“No,” said Ulrich with a laugh, the idiotic chattering laugh

of a man unstrung with hideous fear.

“Who are they?” asked Georg quickly, straining his eyes to

see what the other would gladly not have seen.

“Wolves.”

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9. pestilential (pes≈t¥·len√◊¥l) adj.: Strictly speaking, pestilential means“deadly; causing disease; harmful.” Here, Georg uses the word tomean “cursed.”

Pause at line 203. The narra-tor doesn’t reveal who iscoming toward the men.What effect does this lack ofinformation create?

Read to the end of the story.Underline the one word thatreveals the story’s surpriseending.

Why is it fitting that the twomen, who were hunting eachother in the forest that win-ter night, are discovered by wolves rather than by rescuers?


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The InterlopersNarrator Questionnaire This story is told by an omniscient narrator, whoknows all the story’s secrets. Fill out this chart to examine the way point of viewaffects the plot and characters of “The Interlopers.”

1. Does the narrator reveal the thoughts and feelings of the two men? Explain.

2. How would the story be different if it were told from the point of view of one of themen?

3. How might the story be different if it were told from the point of view of the wolves?

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Complete the sample test item below. Then, read the explanation at right.

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Skills ReviewSkills Review


Explanation of the Correct Answer

The correct answer is D.

A and C are not correct, because the

story is told from the omniscient point

of view, not the point of view of just

one character. B is not correct; Saki is

the author.

Sample Test Question

Who is the story’s narrator?

A Georg Znaeym

B Saki

C Ulrich von Gradwitz

D an unnamed, all-knowing storyteller

3. The two men decide to become

friends because_

A their men have ordered them to

B they hate the neighbors

C they have become tired of being

enemies

D they hope to save themselves by

working together

4. The narrator creates suspense by

waiting until the end to_

F reveal what is approaching the

men

G tell which man dies first

H explain what the men were fight-

ing about

J warn readers against hunting at

night

1. Which passage reveals that the narra-

tor is omniscient?

A “Both men spoke with the bitter-

ness of possible defeat, for each

knew that it might be long before

his men would seek him out.”

B “The forest lands of Gradwitz

were of wide extent and well

stocked with game.”

C “The two raised their voices in a

prolonged hunting call.”

D “‘No,’ said Ulrich with a laugh,

the idiotic chattering laugh of a

man unstrung with hideous fear.”

2. The narrator tells us the two men—

F are hunting wolves

G don’t go hunting at night

H want to kill each other

J go to hunting parties together

DIRECTIONS: Circle the letter of each correct response.

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Literary SkillsAnalyze use ofthe omniscient

narrator (orpoint of view).


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Skills ReviewSkills Review

1. The hunter examined his quarry

after it had been shot.

A rifle C enemy

B land D hunted animal

2. No one could stop the bitter feud

between the two neighbors.

F ongoing argument

G broken fence

H agreement

J flooded lands

3. They heard the loud sound when

the tree thundered down on them.

A fell from the sky

B was split by lightning

C fell with a roaring noise

D yelled

4. He felt no pain in his right arm,

which was now numb.

F bandaged H painful

G without J foolish

feeling

Context Clues

DIRECTIONS: Read the passage, using context clues to identify the meaning

of the boldface word. Then, circle the letter of the definition of that word.

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Vocabulary in Context

DIRECTIONS: Complete the paragraph below by writing the correct word

from the box in each blank. Not all words from the box will be used.

precipitous

acquiesced

marauders

exasperation

pious

retorted

condolences

languor

reconciliation

succor

Word BoxWord Box The two enemies stared at each other. The gray-haired one laughed. “What are you laughing at?” the brown-haired one asked in

(1) . “I am laughing at two helpless men caught in

a trap,” the other (2) in anger. “Shall we become

friends? No, (3) is not in my plans. I will never

make up with you. And don’t give me any (4)

words about what religion has taught us. We will always be enemies. Our

widows can send each other (5) if they wish.”

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VocabularySkillsAnalyze contextclues to identifyword meaning.Use words incontext.


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ien

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arre

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The

figh

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in o

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o w

ays—

reco

nci

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or d

eath

.

succ

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elp

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en t

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hey

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for

resc

uers

to

give

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m s

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PREV

IEW

SEL

ECTI

ON

VOCA

BULA

RYPr

evie

w t

he

follo

win

g w

ord

s fr

om

“Th

e In

terl

op

ers.

” St

ud

y th

e w

ord

s b

efo

re y

ou

beg

in t

he

sto

ry.

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tex

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Def

init

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or

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se a

nd

eff

ect

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ng

uo

r,h

is c

om

ple

tew

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nes

s,

cam

e w

hen

th

e d

ang

er w

as o

ver.

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’s la

ng

uo

rw

as li

ke t

he

feel

ing

yo

u

get

aft

er d

efea

t in

a b

aske

tbal

l gam

e.

His

co

usi

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as f

ull

of

pep

, bu

t Ti

to h

ad

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elin

g o

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ng

uo

r.

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ause

of

his

lan

gu

or,

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sle

pt

all d

ay.

CONT

EXT

CLUE

S: S

OLV

ING

WO

RD M

YSTE

RIES

Succ

essf

ul r

ead

ers

are

like

det

ec-

tive

s lo

oki

ng

fo

r cl

ues

. Wh

en

go

od

rea

der

s se

e an

un

fam

iliar

wo

rd, t

hey

loo

k at

th

e co

nte

xt—

the

wo

rds

and

sen

ten

ces

aro

un

d

the

wo

rd_

for

clu

es t

o it

s m

ean

-

ing

. Lo

ok

at t

hes

e ex

amp

les

to

lear

n m

ore

.

80

Co

llect

ion

3:

Nar

rato

r an

d V

oic

ePa

rt 1

Imag

ine

you

are

in a

dar

k fo

rest

on

a w

inte

r n

igh

t, h

un

tin

g a

n e

nem

y_w

ho

just

hap

pen

s to

be

you

r n

eig

hb

or.

No

w s

up

po

se t

hat

yo

ur

nei

gh

bo

r is

hu

nti

ng

you

, to

o. W

hat

mak

es p

eop

le w

ho

sh

ou

ld b

e fr

ien

ds

bec

om

e fi

erce

en

emie

s?

Wh

o is

th

e lo

ser

in t

his

sto

ry’s

dea

dly

fig

ht?

Th

e an

swer

may

sh

ock

yo

u.

LITE

RARY

FO

CUS:

OM

NISC

IENT

NAR

RATO

RA

sto

ry’s

om

nis

cien

t n

arra

tor

kno

ws

ever

yth

ing

th

at h

app

ens,

an

d w

hy.

Th

is

typ

e o

f n

arra

tor

is n

ot

a ch

arac

ter

in t

he

sto

ry b

ut

an o

uts

ide

ob

serv

er w

ho

can

tel

l yo

u w

hat

eac

h c

har

acte

r is

th

inki

ng

an

d f

eelin

g.

•A

s yo

u r

ead

“Th

e In

terl

op

ers,

” p

ay s

pec

ial a

tten

tio

n t

o t

he

info

rmat

ion

the

nar

rato

r g

ives

yo

u a

bo

ut

the

two

ch

arac

ters

’ pas

ts.

•Th

e n

arra

tor

of

“Th

e In

terl

op

ers”

mak

es u

s th

ink

that

eve

nts

are

lead

ing

on

e w

ay_

up

un

til t

he

sto

ry’s

ver

y en

d. P

rep

are

to b

e su

rpri

sed

.

READ

ING

SKIL

LS:

MO

NITO

RING

YO

UR R

EADI

NGSo

me

of

the

wo

rds

and

sen

ten

ces

in “

The

Inte

rlo

per

s” m

ay s

eem

dif

ficu

lt.

The

follo

win

g t

ips

will

hel

p y

ou

un

der

stan

d t

his

cla

ssic

sto

ry.

•Lo

ok

for

con

text

clu

es t

hat

can

hel

p y

ou

fig

ure

ou

t th

e m

ean

ing

of

un

fam

iliar

wo

rds.

•B

reak

do

wn

lon

g s

ente

nce

s in

to s

ho

rter

on

es.

•Lo

ok

for

the

sub

ject

an

d v

erb

in c

on

fusi

ng

sen

ten

ces.

•St

op

to

su

mm

ariz

e im

po

rtan

t p

assa

ges

or

scen

es.

•R

e-re

ad t

ou

gh

pas

sag

es. S

om

e p

assa

ges

are

har

d t

o u

nd

erst

and

th

e fi

rst

tim

e.

•Tr

y to

vis

ual

ize,

or

pic

ture

, th

e ev

ents

th

at a

re h

app

enin

g.


The

Inte

rlop

ers

by S

aki

Lit

era

ry S

kills

Reco

gniz

e an

omni

scie

ntna

rrat

or (o

rpo

int

of v

iew

).

Readin

gSkills

Mon

itor

you

rre

adin

g.

Voca

bula

rySkills

Und

erst

and

and

use

cont

ext

clue

s.

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dals

had

em

bitt

ered

th

e re

lati

onsh

ips

betw

een

th

e fa

mili

es f

or

thre

e ge

ner

atio

ns.

Th

e n

eigh

bor

feu

d h

ad g

row

n in

to a

per

son

al

one

sin

ce U

lric

h h

ad c

ome

to b

e h

ead

ofh

is f

amily

;if

ther

e w

as

a m

an in

th

e w

orld

wh

om h

e de

test

ed a

nd

wis

hed

ill t

o,it

was

Geo

rg Z

nae

ym,t

he

inh

erit

or o

fth

e qu

arre

l an

d th

e ti

rele

ss g

ame

snat

cher

an

d ra

ider

of

the

disp

ute

d bo

rder

for

est.

Th

e fe

ud

mig

ht,

perh

aps,

hav

e di

ed d

own

or

been

com

prom

ised

ifth

e

pers

onal

ill w

ill o

fth

e tw

o m

en h

ad n

ot s

tood

in t

he

way

;as

boys

th

ey h

ad t

hir

sted

for

on

e an

oth

er’s

blo

od,a

s m

en e

ach

pray

ed t

hat

mis

fort

un

e m

igh

t fa

ll on

th

e ot

her

,an

d th

is w

ind-

scou

rged

win

ter

nig

ht

Ulr

ich

had

ban

ded

toge

ther

his

for

este

rs

to w

atch

th

e da

rk f

ores

t,n

ot in

qu

est

offo

ur-

foot

ed q

uar

ry,b

ut

to k

eep

a lo

okou

t fo

r th

e pr

owlin

g th

ieve

s w

hom

he

susp

ecte

d of

bein

g af

oot

from

acr

oss

the

lan

d bo

un

dary

.Th

e ro

ebu

ck,3

wh

ich

usu

ally

kep

t in

th

e sh

elte

red

hol

low

s du

rin

g a

stor

m w

ind,

wer

e

run

nin

g lik

e dr

iven

th

ings

ton

igh

t,an

d th

ere

was

mov

emen

t an

d

un

rest

am

ong

the

crea

ture

s th

at w

ere

won

t to

sle

ep t

hro

ugh

th

e

dark

hou

rs.A

ssu

redl

y th

ere

was

a d

istu

rbin

g el

emen

t in

th

e fo

r-

est,

and

Ulr

ich

cou

ld g

ues

s th

e qu

arte

r fr

om w

hen

ce it

cam

e.

He

stra

yed

away

by

him

self

from

the

wat

cher

s w

hom

he

had

plac

ed in

am

bush

on

the

cre

st o

fth

e hi

ll an

d w

ande

red

far

dow

n

the

stee

p sl

opes

am

id t

he w

ild t

angl

e of

un

derg

row

th,p

eeri

ng

thro

ugh

the

tre

e tr

un

ks a

nd

liste

nin

g th

rou

gh t

he w

hist

ling

and

skir

ling4

ofth

e w

ind

and

the

rest

less

bea

tin

g of

the

bran

ches

for

sigh

t or

sou

nd

ofth

em

arau

ders

.If

only

on

thi

s w

ild n

ight

,in

this

dar

k,lo

ne

spot

,he

mig

ht c

ome

acro

ss G

eorg

Zn

aeym

,man

to m

an,w

ith

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wit

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as t

he w

ish

that

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upp

er-

mos

t in

his

tho

ugh

ts.A

nd

as h

e st

eppe

d ro

un

d th

e tr

un

k of

a

huge

bee

ch h

e ca

me

face

to

face

wit

h th

e m

an h

e so

ugh

t.

Th

e tw

o en

emie

s st

ood

glar

ing

at o

ne

anot

her

for

a lo

ng

sile

nt

mom

ent.

Eac

h h

ad a

rif

le in

his

han

d,ea

ch h

ad h

ate

in h

is

hea

rt a

nd

mu

rder

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erm

ost

in h

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ind.

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e ch

ance

had

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20 30 40


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Inte

rlo

per

s

83

3.ro

ebu

ck(r

£√b

uk≈

) n

.:m

ale

(or

mal

es)

of

the

roe

dee

r, sm

all d

eer

that

live

in E

uro

pe

and

Asi

a.4.

skir

ling

(sk∞

rl√i«

) v.

use

d a

s n

.:sh

rill,

pie

rcin

g s

ou

nd

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Re-

read

lin

es 1

9-31

.U

nd

erlin

e w

hat

yo

u le

arn

abo

ut

wh

y th

e tw

o m

en c

on

-ti

nu

e th

e fi

gh

t b

etw

een

th

en

eig

hb

ori

ng

fam

ilies

. Wh

om

is U

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h f

eud

ing

wit

h?

Geo

rg Z

nae

ym

mar

aud

ers

(m¥·

rôd

√·¥rz

) n

.:p

eop

le w

ho

ro

am a

rou

nd

inse

arch

of

loo

t, o

r g

oo

ds

tost

eal.

In li

nes

44-

45, u

nd

erlin

e th

eco

mp

ou

nd

wo

rd_

a w

ord

that

is m

ade

up

of

two

wo

rds.

Wh

at d

oes

th

is c

om

-p

ou

nd

wo

rd m

ean

?

hig

hes

t; m

ost

imp

ort

ant

In li

nes

48-

49, c

ircl

e th

e se

n-

ten

ce in

wh

ich

th

e o

mn

is-

cien

t n

arra

tor

tells

yo

u w

hat

each

ch

arac

ter

is t

hin

kin

gan

d f

eelin

g.

In a

for

est

ofm

ixed

gro

wth

som

ewh

ere

on t

he

east

ern

spu

rs o

f

the

Car

path

ian

s,1

a m

an s

tood

on

e w

inte

r n

igh

t w

atch

ing

and

liste

nin

g,as

th

ough

he

wai

ted

for

som

e be

ast

ofth

e w

oods

to

com

e w

ith

in t

he

ran

ge o

fh

is v

isio

n a

nd,

late

r,of

his

rif

le.B

ut

the

gam

e fo

r w

hos

e pr

esen

ce h

e ke

pt s

o ke

en a

n o

utl

ook

was

non

e th

at f

igu

red

in t

he

spor

tsm

an’s

cal

enda

r as

law

ful a

nd

prop

er f

or t

he

chas

e;U

lric

h v

on G

radw

itz

patr

olle

d th

e da

rk

fore

st in

qu

est

ofa

hu

man

en

emy.

Th

e fo

rest

lan

ds o

fG

radw

itz

wer

e of

wid

e ex

ten

t an

d w

ell

stoc

ked

wit

h g

ame;

the

nar

row

str

ip o

fp

reci

pit

ous

woo

dlan

d

that

lay

on it

s ou

tski

rt w

as n

ot r

emar

kabl

e fo

r th

e ga

me

it h

ar-

bore

d or

th

e sh

ooti

ng

it a

ffor

ded,

but

it w

as t

he

mos

t je

alou

sly

guar

ded

ofal

l its

ow

ner

’s t

erri

tori

al p

osse

ssio

ns.

A f

amou

s la

w-

suit

,in

th

e da

ys o

fh

is g

ran

dfat

her

,had

wre

sted

it f

rom

th

e ill

e-

gal p

osse

ssio

n o

fa

nei

ghbo

rin

g fa

mily

of

pett

y la

ndo

wn

ers;

the

disp

osse

ssed

par

ty h

ad n

ever

acq

uie

sced

in t

he

judg

men

t of

the

cou

rts,

and

a lo

ng

seri

es o

fpo

ach

ing

affr

ays2

and

sim

ilar

scan

-

10


82

Co

llect

ion

3:

Nar

rato

r an

d V

oic

ePa

rt 1

The

Inte

rlop

ers

Saki

Wh

ich

ch

arac

ter

are

you

intr

od

uce

d t

o in

th

e fi

rst

par

agra

ph

? W

hat

is h

e lo

ok-

ing

fo

r in

th

e fo

rest

?

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ich

vo

n G

rad

wit

z;

he

is h

un

tin

g a

hu

man

enem

y.

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hae

l Bu

ssel

le/G

etty

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es.

1.C

arp

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ian

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är·p

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ou

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ang

e th

at s

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vaki

aan

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ug

h P

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ys(¥

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isy

qu

arre

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r b

raw

ls a

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ing

,w

hic

h m

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s “f

ish

ing

or

hu

nti

ng

ille

gal

ly o

n p

riva

te p

rop

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cip

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us

(pr≤

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¥s)

adj.:

very

ste

ep.

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uie

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w≤·

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(use

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in):

acc

epte

d;

agre

ed; c

on

sen

ted

.

Acq

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sce

has

th

e sa

me

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om

eon

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in m

y ow

n f

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t la

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lric

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y m

en c

ome

to r

elea

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u w

ill w

ish

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hap

s,th

at

you

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a b

ette

r pl

igh

t th

an c

augh

t po

ach

ing

on a

nei

ghbo

r’s

lan

d,sh

ame

on y

ou.”

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rg w

as s

ilen

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r a

mom

ent;

then

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answ

ered

qu

ietl

y:

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su

re t

hat

you

r m

en w

ill f

ind

mu

ch t

o re

leas

e? I

hav

e m

en,t

oo,i

n t

he

fore

st t

onig

ht,

clos

e be

hin

d m

e,an

d th

ey

will

be

her

e fi

rst

and

do t

he

rele

asin

g.W

hen

th

ey d

rag

me

out

from

un

der

thes

e br

anch

es,i

t w

on’t

nee

d m

uch

clu

msi

nes

s on

thei

r pa

rt t

o ro

ll th

is m

ass

oftr

un

k ri

ght

over

on

th

e to

p of

you

.

You

r m

en w

ill f

ind

you

dea

d u

nde

r a

falle

n b

eech

tre

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r

form

’s s

ake

I sh

all s

end

my

con

dol

ence

sto

you

r fa

mily

.”

“It

is a

use

ful h

int,”

said

Ulr

ich

fie

rcel

y.“M

y m

en h

ad

orde

rs t

o fo

llow

in t

en m

inu

tes’

tim

e,se

ven

of

wh

ich

mu

st h

ave

gon

e by

alr

eady

,an

d w

hen

th

ey g

et m

e ou

t —I

will

rem

embe

r

the

hin

t.O

nly

as

you

will

hav

e m

et y

our

deat

h p

oach

ing

on m

y

lan

ds,I

don

’t t

hin

k I

can

dec

entl

y se

nd

any

mes

sage

of

con

do-

len

ce t

o yo

ur

fam

ily.”

“Goo

d,”

snar

led

Geo

rg,“

good

.We

figh

t th

is q

uar

rel o

ut

to

the

deat

h,y

ou a

nd

I an

d ou

r fo

rest

ers,

wit

h n

o cu

rsed

inte

r-

lope

rs t

o co

me

betw

een

us.

Dea

th a

nd

dam

nat

ion

to

you

,Ulr

ich

von

Gra

dwit

z.”

“Th

e sa

me

to y

ou,G

eorg

Zn

aeym

,for

est

thie

f,ga

me

snat

cher

.”

Bot

h m

en s

poke

wit

h t

he

bitt

ern

ess

ofpo

ssib

le d

efea

t

befo

re t

hem

,for

eac

h k

new

th

at it

mig

ht

be lo

ng

befo

re h

is m

en

wou

ld s

eek

him

ou

t or

fin

d h

im;i

t w

as a

bar

e m

atte

r of

chan

ce

wh

ich

par

ty w

ould

arr

ive

firs

t on

th

e sc

ene.

Bot

h h

ad n

ow g

iven

up

the

use

less

str

ugg

le t

o fr

ee t

hem

-

selv

es f

rom

th

e m

ass

ofw

ood

that

hel

d th

em d

own

;Ulr

ich

lim

-

ited

his

en

deav

ors

to a

n e

ffor

t to

bri

ng

his

on

e pa

rtia

lly f

ree

arm

nea

r en

ough

to

his

ou

ter

coat

poc

ket

to d

raw

ou

t h

is w

ine

flas

k.

Even

wh

en h

e h

ad a

ccom

plis

hed

th

at o

pera

tion

,it

was

lon

g

befo

re h

e co

uld

man

age

the

un

scre

win

g of

the

stop

per

or g

et

90 100

110


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rlo

per

s

85

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rted

(ri·t

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tid

) v.

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in a

sh

arp

or

wit

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con

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ces

(k¥n

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s·iz

)n

.:ex

pre

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C

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wo

Lati

n w

ord

s:co

m-

, a p

refi

xm

ean

ing

“w

ith

,” a

nd

do

lere

,m

ean

ing

“to

gri

eve.

”

Re-

read

lin

es 8

2-94

. Wh

at d

oth

e en

emie

s th

reat

en t

o d

oto

eac

h o

ther

on

ce t

hey

are

resc

ued

?

In li

ne

113,

cir

cle

the

wo

rdth

at r

esta

tes

the

mea

nin

g o

fen

dea

vors

.

Each

th

reat

ens

to h

ave

the

oth

er k

illed

.

to g

ive

full

play

to

the

pass

ion

s of

a lif

etim

e.B

ut

a m

an w

ho

has

been

bro

ugh

t u

p u

nde

r th

e co

de o

fa

rest

rain

ing

civi

lizat

ion

can

not

eas

ily n

erve

him

self

to s

hoo

t do

wn

his

nei

ghbo

r in

col

d

bloo

d an

d w

ith

out

a w

ord

spok

en,e

xcep

t fo

r an

off

ense

aga

inst

his

hea

rth

an

d h

onor

.An

d be

fore

th

e m

omen

t of

hes

itat

ion

had

give

n w

ay t

o ac

tion

,a d

eed

ofN

atu

re’s

ow

n v

iole

nce

ove

r-

wh

elm

ed t

hem

bot

h.A

fie

rce

shri

ek o

fth

e st

orm

had

bee

n

answ

ered

by

a sp

litti

ng

cras

h o

ver

thei

r h

eads

,an

d er

e th

ey

cou

ld le

ap a

side

,a m

ass

offa

llin

g be

ech

tre

e h

ad t

hun

dere

d

dow

n o

n t

hem

.Ulr

ich

von

Gra

dwit

z fo

un

d h

imse

lfst

retc

hed

on

the

grou

nd,

one

arm

nu

mb

ben

eath

him

an

d th

e ot

her

hel

d

alm

ost

as h

elpl

essl

y in

a t

igh

t ta

ngl

e of

fork

ed b

ran

ches

,wh

ile

both

legs

wer

e pi

nn

ed b

enea

th t

he

falle

n m

ass.

His

hea

vy s

hoo

t-

ing

boot

s h

ad s

aved

his

fee

t fr

om b

ein

g cr

ush

ed t

o pi

eces

,bu

t if

his

fra

ctu

res

wer

e n

ot a

s se

riou

s as

th

ey m

igh

t h

ave

been

,at

leas

t

it w

as e

vide

nt

that

he

cou

ld n

ot m

ove

from

his

pre

sen

t po

siti

on

till

som

eon

e ca

me

to r

elea

se h

im.T

he

desc

endi

ng

twig

s h

ad

slas

hed

th

e sk

in o

fh

is f

ace,

and

he

had

to

win

k aw

ay s

ome

drop

s

ofbl

ood

from

his

eye

lash

es b

efor

e h

e co

uld

tak

e in

a g

ener

al

view

of

the

disa

ster

.At

his

sid

e,so

nea

r th

at u

nde

r or

din

ary

cir-

cum

stan

ces

he

cou

ld a

lmos

t h

ave

tou

ched

him

,lay

Geo

rg

Zn

aeym

,aliv

e an

d st

rugg

ling,

but

obvi

ousl

y as

hel

ples

sly

pin

-

ion

ed5

dow

n a

s h

imse

lf.A

ll ro

un

d th

em la

y a

thic

k-st

rew

n

wre

ckag

e of

splin

tere

d br

anch

es a

nd

brok

en t

wig

s.

Rel

ief

at b

ein

g al

ive

and

exas

per

atio

nat

his

cap

tive

plig

ht

brou

ght

a st

ran

ge m

edle

y of

pio

us

than

k of

feri

ngs

an

d sh

arp

curs

es t

o U

lric

h’s

lips.

Geo

rg,w

ho

was

nea

rly

blin

ded

wit

h t

he

bloo

d w

hic

h t

rick

led

acro

ss h

is e

yes,

stop

ped

his

str

ugg

ling

for

a

mom

ent

to li

sten

,an

d th

en g

ave

a sh

ort,

snar

ling

lau

gh.

“So

you’

re n

ot k

illed

,as

you

ou

ght

to b

e,bu

t yo

u’re

cau

ght,

anyw

ay,”

he

crie

d,“c

augh

t fa

st.H

o,w

hat

a je

st,U

lric

h v

on

Gra

dwit

z sn

ared

in h

is s

tole

n f

ores

t.T

her

e’s

real

just

ice

for

you

!”

An

d h

e la

ugh

ed a

gain

,moc

kin

gly

and

sava

gely

.

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llect

ion

3:

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rato

r an

d V

oic

ePa

rt 1

5.p

inio

ned

(pin

√y¥n

d)

v.u

sed

as

adj.:

pin

ned

, as

if c

hai

ned

or

tied

up

.

Cir

cle

the

imp

ort

ant

even

tth

at h

app

ens

to t

he

two

enem

ies

(lin

es 5

6-59

).

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w li

nes

to

bre

ak d

ow

nth

e lo

ng

sen

ten

ce in

lin

es69-

72 in

to s

ho

rter

un

its

of

tho

ug

ht.

Th

en, p

arap

hra

seth

e se

nte

nce

.

At

Ulr

ich

’s s

ide,

so

nea

r th

at U

lric

h .

. .

cou

ld a

lmo

st h

ave

tou

ched

him

, lay

Geo

rg Z

nae

ym. G

eorg

was

aliv

e an

d s

tru

g-

glin

g. B

ut

Geo

rg w

as

as h

elp

less

ly p

inn

ed

do

wn

as

Ulr

ich

was

.

exas

per

atio

n(e

g·z

as≈p

¥r·†

√◊¥n

) n

.:g

reat

ann

oya

nce

.

pio

us

(p¢√

¥s)

adj.:

sho

win

gre

ligio

us

dev

oti

on

.


Student Pages with Answers 45

“How

th

e w

hol

e re

gion

wou

ld s

tare

an

d ga

bble

ifw

e ro

de

into

th

e m

arke

t sq

uar

e to

geth

er.N

o on

e liv

ing

can

rem

embe

r

seei

ng

a Z

nae

ym a

nd

a vo

n G

radw

itz

talk

ing

to o

ne

anot

her

in

frie

nds

hip

.An

d w

hat

pea

ce t

her

e w

ould

be

amon

g th

e fo

rest

er

folk

ifw

e en

ded

our

feu

d to

nig

ht.

An

d if

we

choo

se t

o m

ake

peac

e am

ong

our

peop

le,t

her

e is

non

e ot

her

to

inte

rfer

e,n

o

inte

rlop

ers

from

ou

tsid

e...

.You

wou

ld c

ome

and

keep

th

e

Sylv

este

r n

igh

t8be

nea

th m

y ro

of,a

nd

I w

ould

com

e an

d fe

ast

on

som

e h

igh

day

at

you

r ca

stle

....

I w

ould

nev

er f

ire

a sh

ot o

n

you

r la

nd,

save

wh

en y

ou in

vite

d m

e as

a g

ues

t;an

d yo

u s

hou

ld

com

e an

d sh

oot

wit

h m

e do

wn

in t

he

mar

shes

wh

ere

the

wild

-

fow

l are

.In

all

the

cou

ntr

ysid

e th

ere

are

non

e th

at c

ould

hin

der

ifw

e w

illed

to

mak

e pe

ace.

I n

ever

th

ough

t to

hav

e w

ante

d to

do

oth

er t

han

hat

e yo

u a

ll m

y lif

e,bu

t I

thin

k I

hav

e ch

ange

d m

y

min

d ab

out

thin

gs t

oo,t

his

last

hal

f-h

our.

An

d yo

u o

ffer

ed m

e

you

r w

ine

flas

k...

.Ulr

ich

von

Gra

dwit

z,I

will

be

you

r fr

ien

d.”

For

a sp

ace

both

men

wer

e si

len

t,tu

rnin

g ov

er in

th

eir

min

ds t

he

won

derf

ul c

han

ges

that

th

is d

ram

atic

rec

onci

liat

ion

wou

ld b

rin

g ab

out.

In t

he

cold

,glo

omy

fore

st,w

ith

th

e w

ind

tear

ing

in f

itfu

l gu

sts

thro

ugh

th

e n

aked

bra

nch

es a

nd

wh

istl

ing

rou

nd

the

tree

tru

nks

,th

ey la

y an

d w

aite

d fo

r th

e h

elp

that

wou

ld n

ow b

rin

g re

leas

e an

d su

ccor

to b

oth

par

ties

.An

d ea

ch

pray

ed a

pri

vate

pra

yer

that

his

men

mig

ht

be t

he

firs

t to

arr

ive,

so t

hat

he

mig

ht

be t

he

firs

t to

sh

ow h

onor

able

att

enti

on t

o th

e

enem

y th

at h

ad b

ecom

e a

frie

nd.

160

170


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Inte

rlo

per

s

87

8.Sy

lves

ter

nig

ht:

feas

t d

ay h

on

ori

ng

Sai

nt

Sylv

este

r (P

op

e Sy

lves

ter

I,d

. 335

), o

bse

rved

on

Dec

emb

er 3

1.

Pau

se a

t lin

e 17

5. E

arlie

r in

the

sto

ry (

lines

83-

100)

, wh

yd

id e

ach

man

ho

pe

that

his

frie

nd

s w

ou

ld b

e th

e fi

rst

toar

rive

? W

hat

has

ch

ang

ed?

reco

nci

liati

on

(rek

≈¥n

·sil≈

≤·†√

◊¥n

) n

.:fr

ien

dly

end

to

a q

uar

rel.

succ

or

(su

k√¥r

) n

.:h

elp

giv

ento

so

meo

ne

in d

istr

ess;

rel

ief.

Du

dle

y D

ana/

No

nst

ock

.

Notes

Notes

Earl

ier,

Ulr

ich

an

d

Geo

rg e

ach

wan

ted

his

men

to

arr

ive

firs

t so

the

oth

er m

an, t

he

enem

y, w

ou

ld b

e

kille

d. N

ow

, Ulr

ich

an

d

Geo

rg e

ach

wan

ts h

is

men

to

arr

ive

firs

t so

his

fo

rmer

en

emy

may

be

resc

ued

as

a sh

ow

of

frie

nd

ship

.

any

ofth

e liq

uid

dow

n h

is t

hro

at.B

ut

wh

at a

hea

ven

-sen

t dr

aft6

it s

eem

ed! I

t w

as a

n o

pen

win

ter7

,an

d lit

tle

snow

had

fal

len

as

yet,

hen

ce t

he

capt

ives

su

ffer

ed le

ss f

rom

th

e co

ld t

han

mig

ht

hav

e be

en t

he

case

at

that

sea

son

of

the

year

;nev

erth

eles

s,th

e

win

e w

as w

arm

ing

and

revi

vin

g to

th

e w

oun

ded

man

,an

d h

e

look

ed a

cros

s w

ith

som

eth

ing

like

a th

rob

ofpi

ty t

o w

her

e h

is

enem

y la

y,ju

st k

eepi

ng

the

groa

ns

ofpa

in a

nd

wea

rin

ess

from

cros

sin

g h

is li

ps.

“Cou

ld y

ou r

each

th

is f

lask

ifI

thre

w it

ove

r to

you

?”as

ked

Ulr

ich

su

dden

ly.“

Th

ere

is g

ood

win

e in

it,a

nd

one

may

as

wel

l

be a

s co

mfo

rtab

le a

s on

e ca

n.L

et u

s dr

ink,

even

ifto

nig

ht

one

of

us

dies

.”

“No,

I ca

n s

carc

ely

see

anyt

hin

g;th

ere

is s

o m

uch

blo

od

cake

d ro

un

d m

y ey

es,”

said

Geo

rg;“

and

in a

ny c

ase

I do

n’t

drin

k

win

e w

ith

an

en

emy.”

Ulr

ich

was

sile

nt

for

a fe

w m

inu

tes

and

lay

liste

nin

g to

the

wea

ry s

cree

chin

g of

the

win

d.A

n id

ea w

as s

low

ly f

orm

ing

and

grow

ing

in h

is b

rain

,an

idea

tha

t ga

ined

str

engt

h ev

ery

tim

e th

at

he lo

oked

acr

oss

at t

he m

an w

ho w

as f

ight

ing

so g

rim

ly a

gain

st

pain

an

d ex

hau

stio

n.I

n t

he p

ain

an

d la

ngu

orth

at U

lric

h hi

mse

lf

was

fee

ling,

the

old

fier

ce h

atre

d se

emed

to

be d

yin

g do

wn

.

“Nei

ghbo

r,”h

e sa

id p

rese

ntl

y,“d

o as

you

ple

ase

ifyo

ur

men

com

e fi

rst.

It w

as a

fai

r co

mpa

ct.B

ut

as f

or m

e,I’

ve c

han

ged

my

min

d.If

my

men

are

th

e fi

rst

to c

ome,

you

sh

all b

e th

e fi

rst

to b

e

hel

ped,

as t

hou

gh y

ou w

ere

my

gues

t.W

e h

ave

quar

rele

d lik

e

devi

ls a

ll ou

r liv

es o

ver

this

stu

pid

stri

p of

fore

st,w

her

e th

e tr

ees

can’

t ev

en s

tan

d u

prig

ht

in a

bre

ath

of

win

d.Ly

ing

her

e to

nig

ht,

thin

kin

g,I’

ve c

ome

to t

hin

k w

e’ve

bee

n r

ath

er f

ools

;th

ere

are

bett

er t

hin

gs in

life

th

an g

etti

ng

the

bett

er o

fa

bou

nda

ry d

is-

pute

.Nei

ghbo

r,if

you

will

hel

p m

e to

bu

ry t

he

old

quar

rel,

I —I

will

ask

you

to

be m

y fr

ien

d.”

Geo

rg Z

nae

ym w

as s

ilen

t fo

r so

lon

g th

at U

lric

h t

hou

ght

perh

aps

he

had

fai

nte

d w

ith

th

e pa

in o

fh

is in

juri

es.T

hen

he

spok

e sl

owly

an

d in

jerk

s.

120

130

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150


86

Co

llect

ion

3:

Nar

rato

r an

d V

oic

ePa

rt 1

6.d

raft

n.:

dri

nk.

7.

op

en w

inte

r:m

ild w

inte

r.

Re-

read

th

e lo

ng

sen

ten

ce in

lines

118-

124.

Th

en, s

um

ma-

rize

the

sen

ten

ce.

Rea

d t

he

bo

xed

pas

sag

eal

ou

d s

ever

al t

imes

. Fo

cus

on

con

veyi

ng

th

e d

iffe

ren

t at

ti-

tud

es o

f U

lric

h a

nd

Geo

rg.

lan

gu

or

(la«

√g¥r

) n

.:w

eak-

nes

s; w

eari

nes

s.

In li

nes

132-

137,

th

e n

arra

-to

r re

veal

s an

imp

ort

ant

chan

ge

in U

lric

h’s

att

itu

de.

Cir

cle

the

imp

ort

ant

chan

ge

the

nar

rato

r te

lls y

ou

ab

ou

t.

The

win

ter

was

mild

,

so t

he

trap

ped

men

wer

e w

arm

er t

han

usu

al in

win

ter.

The

win

e w

arm

ed U

lric

h

and

mad

e h

im f

eel

bet

ter.

He

beg

an t

o

pit

y G

eorg

, wh

o w

as

tryi

ng

no

t to

gro

an

wit

h p

ain

.



The

Inte

rlo

per

s

89

The

Inte

rlop

ers

Nar

rato

r Q

uest

ionn

aire

Th

is s

tory

is t

old

by a

n o

mn

isci

ent

nar

rato

r,w

ho

know

s al

l th

e st

ory’

s se

cret

s.Fi

ll ou

t th

is c

har

t to

exa

min

e th

e w

ay p

oin

t of

view

affe

cts

the

plot

an

d ch

arac

ters

of“

Th

e In

terl

oper

s.”

1.D

oes

th

e n

arra

tor

reve

al t

he

tho

ug

hts

an

d f

eelin

gs

of

the

two

men

? Ex

pla

in.

2.H

ow

wo

uld

th

e st

ory

be

dif

fere

nt

if it

wer

e to

ld f

rom

th

e p

oin

t o

f vi

ew o

f o

ne

of

the

men

?

3.H

ow

mig

ht

the

sto

ry b

e d

iffe

ren

t if

it w

ere

told

fro

m t

he

po

int

of

view

of

the

wo

lves

?


Yes,

th

e n

arra

tor

des

crib

es h

ow

th

e tw

o m

en h

ated

eac

h o

ther

sin

ce

child

ho

od

an

d n

ow

wan

t to

kill

eac

h o

ther

; ho

w t

he

two

men

rea

ct

wh

en t

rap

ped

un

der

th

e tr

ee; h

ow

th

eir

feel

ing

s ch

ang

e w

hen

th

ey f

ear

that

th

ey m

ay b

oth

die

; ho

w t

hey

bo

th r

eact

to

th

e w

olv

es.

The

read

er m

igh

t b

e m

ore

sym

pat

het

ic t

o t

he

man

fro

m w

ho

se p

oin

t o

f

view

th

e st

ory

was

to

ld; t

he

read

er m

igh

t n

ot

care

th

at t

he

wo

lves

atta

cked

th

e o

ther

man

.

The

read

er m

igh

t b

e sy

mp

ath

etic

to

th

e w

olv

es in

stea

d o

f to

th

e tw

o

men

. Th

e st

ory

mig

ht

no

t h

ave

the

surp

rise

en

din

g it

has

.

Pre

sen

tly,

as t

he

win

d dr

oppe

d fo

r a

mom

ent,

Ulr

ich

bro

ke

the

sile

nce

.

“Let

’s s

hou

t fo

r h

elp,

”h

e sa

id;“

in t

his

lull

our

voic

es m

ay

carr

y a

littl

e w

ay.”

“Th

ey w

on’t

car

ry f

ar t

hro

ugh

th

e tr

ees

and

un

derg

row

th,”

said

Geo

rg,“

but

we

can

try

.Tog

eth

er,t

hen

.”

Th

e tw

o ra

ised

th

eir

voic

es in

a p

rolo

nge

d hu

nti

ng

call.

“Tog

eth

er a

gain

,”sa

id U

lric

h a

few

min

ute

s la

ter,

afte

r lis

-

ten

ing

in v

ain

for

an

an

swer

ing

hal

loo.

“I h

eard

som

eth

ing

that

tim

e,I

thin

k,”

said

Ulr

ich

.

“I h

eard

not

hin

g bu

t th

e pe

stile

nti

al9

win

d,”

said

Geo

rg

hoa

rsel

y.

Th

ere

was

sile

nce

aga

in f

or s

ome

min

ute

s,an

d th

en U

lric

h

gave

a jo

yfu

l cry

.

“I c

an s

ee f

igu

res

com

ing

thro

ugh

th

e w

ood.

Th

ey a

re f

ol-

low

ing

in t

he

way

I c

ame

dow

n t

he

hill

side

.”

Bot

h m

en r

aise

d th

eir

voic

es in

as

lou

d a

shou

t as

th

ey

cou

ld m

ust

er.

“Th

ey h

ear

us!

Th

ey’v

e st

oppe

d.N

ow t

hey

see

us.

Th

ey’r

e

run

nin

g do

wn

th

e h

ill t

owar

d u

s,”cr

ied

Ulr

ich

.

“How

man

y of

them

are

th

ere?

”as

ked

Geo

rg.

“I c

an’t

see

dis

tin

ctly

,”sa

id U

lric

h;“

nin

e or

ten

.”

“Th

en t

hey

are

you

rs,”

said

Geo

rg;“

I h

ad o

nly

sev

en o

ut

wit

h m

e.”

“Th

ey a

re m

akin

g al

l th

e sp

eed

they

can

,bra

ve la

ds,”

said

Ulr

ich

gla

dly

.

“Are

th

ey y

our

men

?”as

ked

Geo

rg.“

Are

th

ey y

our

men

?”h

e

repe

ated

impa

tien

tly,

as U

lric

h d

id n

ot a

nsw

er.

“No,

”sa

id U

lric

h w

ith

a la

ugh

,th

e id

ioti

c ch

atte

rin

g la

ugh

ofa

man

un

stru

ng

wit

h h

ideo

us

fear

.

“Wh

o ar

e th

ey?”

aske

d G

eorg

qu

ickl

y,st

rain

ing

his

eye

s to

see

wh

at t

he

oth

er w

ould

gla

dly

not

hav

e se

en.

“Wol

ves.

”

180

190

200


88

Co

llect

ion

3:

Nar

rato

r an

d V

oic

ePa

rt 1

9.p

esti

len

tial

(pes

≈t¥·

len

√◊¥l

) ad

j.:St

rict

ly s

pea

kin

g, p

esti

len

tial

mea

ns

“dea

dly

; cau

sin

g d

isea

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