Vocabulary

mysterious - puzzling

page 1 One summer day in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, a mysterious tree house appeared in the woods.

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fiery - glowing, flaming

page 15 The sunset gave the trees a fiery glow.

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trapeze  - a swing used by circus acrobats

page 26 The langurs swung through the air like trapeze artists.

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twilight - half light, dawn, dusk

page 30  "Look!" Annie pointed at the twilight.

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rhythm - beat, tempo

page 38  Jack rocked in sleepy rhythm with Saba's walk.

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endangered - at risk, in jeopardy

page 43  The Indian rhino is a very endangered animal.

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extinction - dying out

page 49  If the killing does not end, they both face extinction. Extinction means that someday there may be no Indian tigers or rhinos left on earth.

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bounded - leap forward, spring

page 57  Teddy bounded ahead with Kah and Ko.

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hermit - solitary person

page 60  "What's a hermit?" said Annie.

"Hermits live far away from other people," said the blind man.

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century - one hundred years

In More Facts Section In the nineteenth century, there were more than 40,000 tigers in India.