Red Fern Vocabulary 1

I saw his right ear was split wide open. It was too much for him and he took off down the street, ​ (a)   like a scalded cat.

• squalling
• sparsely
• scampering
• wincing

A big swamp rabbit hopped out on the trail, sat on his haunches, stared at me, and then ​ (a)   away.

• scampered
• sprawling
• quavering
• flailing

I kept ​ (a)   . On his stomach, an inch at a time, he came to me and laid his head in my hand.

• coaxing
• mulling
• quavering
• mustering

At the ​ (a)   of town, I hid my flour sack and provisions, keeping the gunny sack.

• outskirts
• dormant
• peak
• cur

water from a rain puddle or a mountain stream would (a)   his thirst and cool his hot dry throat.

I took one look at my bare feet and (a)   .

*you may have to add a suffix

A big ugly (a)   tried his luck.

Arms (a)   the air, I zoomed out and up.

It's strange indeed how memories can lie (a)   in a man's mind for so many years.

In a (a)   voice, he said "Well, Son, it's your money..."