| A | B |
| goddess | a female being or spirit with special powers |
| ripened | became ready to use or eat |
| harvests | times when people gather crops |
| chariot | a two-wheeled vehicle pulled by horses; used in ancient times |
| Underworld | in ancient Greek myths, the place where people go shere they die |
| thundered | sounded like thunder |
| cleft | a crack or split |
| reply | an answer |
| wandered | went from place to place |
| rotted | became too old to eat |
| starving | dying from not having enough food |
| persuade | lead a person or group to believe or do something by arguing or reasoning with them |
| reasonable | referring to the right thing to do |
| roared | shouted very loudly and angrily |
| misty | not easy to see, as if covered by a cloud |
| croaked | made a deep sound like a frog |
| pomegranate | a fruit with many juicy red seeds |
| sobbed | cried |
| shoots | small young plant growth |