Another set before semifinals Flashcards
She worked for long months under the hot desert sun. Her feet were blistered, and her body ached with fatigue, but not once did she think of stopping. At last she said, “Now I am a dancer.”
Fables
I always prayed to be on the Shirts because I’m real skinny and I don’t like taking my shirt off in front of other people. My ribs show, you know? It’s embarrassing.
The Million Dollar Shot
“Howdy,” I said when I finally reached the wash line, feeling kind of shy. It didn’t seem right to be standing next to my Sunday school teacher’s bloomers.
The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
It stands thirty stories, it weighs six million pounds, a tower full of fuel and fire and valves and pipes and engines, too big to believe, but built to fly….
Moonshot
Once I set four places at the table, then caught myself and put the extra plate away. Three lambs were born, one with a black face. And then Papa’s letter came. It was very short.
Sarah, Plain and Tall
My great-aunt climbed tall mountains where the snow never melted. She went through jungles and across deserts. She saw lions playing and kangaroos jumping.
Miss Rumphius
There was a whole big family from South Dakota wanting to get in. The mother said they had driven almost a hundred and fifty miles looking for a Sunoco station because they were the cleanest, but what good was clean if you couldn’t get in?
The Best School Year Ever
Over a thousand miles and not a light. Windows were draped in black, and people were cautioned not to allow so much as a candle ray to show outside their homes.
Snow Treasure
I was so happy that I had finally caught one, I couldn’t keep my hands off of them. I wanted to touch one.
Summer of the Monkeys
But as soon as he heard his name and saw me heading for outside he jumped up, cleaned up the extra slobber around his mouth, and in two and one-half seconds’ time, he was waiting for me at the back door.
Ida B
“We should not call this drink medicine,” an uncle said. “it is too delicious and now that there is no more Green Tiger, there is nothing for it to cure.”
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
When he got to the word “milk” he remembered something he had read at the library. Flipping eagerly to the proper page, he found the following:
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
