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Old Willis Place Flashcards

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I giggled. “He sounds like the heron we see at the pond.”

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Oak Hill Manor was the setting for this story.

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“Miss Lilian was the snake in the garden, the witch in the gingerbread house, someone to fear even though she was dead.”

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“I knew at a glance he wasn’t like the other caretakers.”

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“He was the sort who noticed things.”

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“But don’t you miss friends and–”

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Diana asking Georgie after seeing the new caretaker and his daughter (Lissa) arrive.

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“What am I supposed to do while you sit at your computer?”

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Lissa to her father when they first arrive; he plans to finish his novel.

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Heron Man is the nickname given to a character in this book.

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Heron Man is Mr. Morrison, the caretaker and Lissa’s father.

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“What’s wrong with her? She should be happy she doesn’t have to go to school.”

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Georgie, surprised that Lissa wants to go to school.

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“She’d be a good friend, if only–if only, if only, if only.”

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In this book, the main characters take a copy of “Lassie Comes Home” from someone else to read.

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“It wouldn’t be much of a story if everyone got to be happy right away.”

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Diana referring to “Lassie Come Home,” but the statement also applies to their lives.

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“Diaries are secret books. You put your deepest thoughts and most private feelings in them, things you don’t want anyone else to know.”

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“She knew nothing of the danger lurking behind those locked doors and boarded windows.”

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“She sat on a stone bench supported by two crouching lions, their faces streaked with dark stains like tears. It used to be my special seat, my throne.”

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Diana watching Lissa sit outside Oak Hill Manor before Diana meets Lissa.

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“Promise me you won’t talk to her.”

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Georgie pleads to Diana not to talk to Lissa

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“Did anyone really care if she saw me? Would they even know? Maybe it was time to test the rules.”

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Lissa

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“She’d been scared of me, repulsed. She’d called me a thief, sicced her dog on me. I didn’t want to be her friend anymore.”

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“She was wilder and stranger than ever, her hair long and tangled, her clothes in rags.”

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Diana encounters Miss Lilian

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“I want my bear. . . Bring him back and we can be friends.”

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Lissa’s mother had given her the bear.

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“Thanks to you, the rules are busted.”

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“He smiled to show he was teasing, but I didn’t trust him. He’d start asking questions any minute now.”

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Diana about Mr. Morrison

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“Trust me, there is no ghost in that house. Snakes and spiders and mice. Squirrels. Bats. But no ghost–I guarantee it.”

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“Secret friends forever,” she whispered solemnly. “Your parents will never see me, never know about me. I promise.”

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Diana allows Lissa to believe she and Georgie live in the housing development across the road from the Old Willis Place.

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“Roy Rogers isn’t a movie star. It’s a fast-food place.”

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Lissa had asked Diana about her favorite actor. Diana’s answer is very out of date.

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“I know where he keeps the key to the house. Guess what I plan to do while Dad’s out???”

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Lissa’s diary entry

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“I told you, he doesn’t hate you. He’s just scared of breaking the rules and being punished.”

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Lissa wonders why Georgie isn’t nice to her.

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“It was such fun to tease the old woman. Didn’t she deserve it?”

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“Let the girl open the door. You and I have business to settle, miss.”

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Miss Lilian to Diana

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“I don’t know how I’ll get a single night’s sleep as long as we live here.”

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Lissa after finding Miss Lilian’s ghost.

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“I told you something horrible would happen. I told you and told you and told you!”

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Georgie

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“We cried and shouted for Mother and Daddy, we pounded on the door till our fists ached, but no one heard us. No one came. No one let us out.”

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The story of what happened to Diana and Georgie in the cellar.

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“At first I’d thought we must be in heaven, but when I looked around, I realized we were still on the farm.”

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“Well, that’s that. Almost a hundred years old and not a soul to mourn her.”

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“Two children disappeared from the farm, a boy and a girl. The police searched everywhere, but they were never found. To this day no one knows what happened to them.”

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“She should’ve stopped me, she should’ve told me what was in the cellar.”

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The music of Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven) is heard several times in this story, the favorite music of an old woman.

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“Through the woods, across fields and streams, uphill and down, we ran and she followed, calling us again and again.”

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“A stroke! You upset me, my blood pressure shot up, I collapsed at the top of the cellar steps.”

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The old woman in this story was descended from one of the oldest families in Maryland.

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At the end of this book, the main characters apologize for behaviors from years earlier.

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“Which means ghosts are not at all what I imagined them to be. Not transparent, not spooky, not phantoms of the night but real and solid, with shadows and everything.”

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“And keep my eyes peeled, as people say–which is a very weird expression when you think about it. Eyes peeled like grapes. Ugh.”

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From Lissa’s diary entry

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“In fact, you might say she was the best-known dog in the village–and for three reasons.”

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Diana, reading from “Lassie”

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“It’s a book for adults,” I said. “And probably boring–even with cussing in it.”

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Diana and Georgie talking about the book Mr. Morrison is writing.

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“She’d called me a thief. Me, a thief. Didn’t she know the difference between stealing and borrowing?”

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“She knew nothing of the danger lurking behind those locked doors and boarded windows.”

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“Don’t scratch. You’ll make them worse.” He pulled away. “I’ll scratch if I want to. What does it matter, anyway?”

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Diana tells Georgie not to scratch his mosquito bites.

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“If you’re bored, go away and do something else. I don’t care.”

“If I leave, how do I know you won’t go over there and start talking to her?”

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“Maybe he’d tell her to stay away from the old house. Maybe he’d remind her of what the policeman had said about the woods.”

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“We’d swap funny stories that made us laugh till our ribs ached. I’d tell her about Stephen and that kiss.”

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“It was really and truly hideous. And it was coming straight toward me.”

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Lissa, writing in her diary, when she first saw Diana.

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“I’d forgotten how they looked–torn by brambles, stained and faded to the color of earth and moss, fluttering in rags and tatters.”

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Diana realizing how she looked to Lissa

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In this book, a main character has an old black cat.

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Nero

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“Go away, thief. You’re after my jewelry, but you won’t get it. Not while there’s breath in my body.”

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“The truck stopped at the gate and mother stepped out to open it.”

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“‘Hush.’ I covered his mouth with my hand.”

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“Can I trust you to sit here and work on those problems while I go inside and write?”

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“‘No,’ I pulled away from her.”

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