Flowers Flashcards
Children and flowers
“There they are, children,’ she cried. ‘There are the true flowers of our country, the most precious, the most beautiful.’”
Aeroplanes and Canna Rock
“Aeroplanes were now commonplace on the loch. Canna Rock was used
for bombing practice.”
Highlands and Aunt Sheena
“She didn’t want to be here in the Highlands staying with Aunt Sheena. She didn’t want to be safe from bombs.”
Adders and dangerous
“It lay sunning itself… adders, Miss Laing had warned them, were dangerous and must always be avoided.”
Alien country and stone
“Suddenly it seemed to represent not only that detestable alien country but her own wickedness in disobeying. Furiously she lifted a stone and threw it.”
Two men and water
“Two men were lying stretched out on to the sand in the shallow glittering water.”
Airmen and face
“One of the airmen, with fair hair, had no face at all: while the other’s face was half gone, and what remained was unrecognisable as human.”
Crushed flower
“She became aware of the crushed flower in her hand.”
Red
“red-eyed dissenter”
Gaelic
“They all gabbled to one another in Gaelic, mysterious and hateful to her lowland ears.”
Bell heather
“She looked about her, with aversion, the bell heather streaming like fire along the top of the dyke”
school and queer
“the tiny school with its queer high roof.”
Room and creep
“There was plenty of room for her to creep safely past.”
Scalp and frozen
Her scalp tingled and her whole body seemed frozen in the cold bright sea
