Available Answers

1. 1.

   Find words from the story which can be replaced with the following words:

   1. joint pain
   2. broth
   3. unwilling
   4. expected
   5. desire
   6. mocking
   7. hurting
2. 2.

   Make sentences with the following words from the story:

   1. dreaded
   2. pampered
   3. hyacinths
   4. precocious
   5. earnestness
   6. defand
   7. smack
3. 3.

   Explain 'crack of dawn'.

4. 4.

   Explain 'wept buckets'.

5. 5.

   Explain 'bursting at the seams'.

6. 6.

   Explain 'pore over his books'.