Section 2: Song of the Trees
(Pages 1-26)

1.  Suspiciously---Page 10, Par. 5, "I looked suspiciously at my mother and grandmother, then went back to the porch to get a basket."

*Dictionary---1.  not trusting, not believing
*Own---With an element of distrust
*Adjective
*My mother look at me suspiciously when I told her I had not eaten the cookies
 

2.  Taunted---Page 16, Par. 2, "I taunted, dodging from one beloved tree to the next."

*Dictionary---1.  Reproach scornfully.  2.  twit; provoke.  3.  a gibe; taunting statement
*Own---Tease
*Verb
*I taunted the kitten until it scratched my hand.
 

3.  Eerie---Page 19, Par. 1, "I stared at the trees, aware of an eerie silence descending over the forest.

*Dictionary---Inspiring fear; strange; weird
*Own---Strange
*Adjective
*How was the forest eerie?
 

4. and 5. On Your Own