| A | B |
|---|
| bedraggled | wet; limp as if having been dragged through the mud "Jasper Jay and old Mr. Crow returned to Solomon Owl's house, looking much…" |
| dismal | causing gloom or sadness "What Solomon Owl wanted especially was a good, dark hole, for he thought that sunshine was very…" |
| dispute | a quarrel "While Solomon Owl sat in one tree and Benajmin Bat hung head downward from another, they had something very like a…" |
| doleful | filled with grief; mournful "Solomon Owl went off in a most…frame of mind." |
| glib | smooth; offhanded "Mr. Frog explained the problem to Solomon Owl quite…" |
| intention | a course of action that one intends to follow "Solomon Owl had no…of visiting Aunt Polly Woodchuck on ground-hog day." |
| mirthless | without gladness or gaiety "Solomon Owl laughed once more--that same hollow, …laugh." |
| outwit | to surpass in cleverness and cunning "It was a great puzzle--to know just how to…Reddy Woodpecker." |
| perplex | fill with confusion or bewilderment "Solomon Owl woke up again to study over the question that …him." |
| ponder | to consider thoroughly and carefully "Solomon Owl was puzzled by the problem and wanted time in which to…" |
| pullet | young hen "Tommy Fox knew that there would be no…for dinner if he could not rid himself of the stranger." |
| singe | to burn slightly; scorch "Tommy Fox warned Jimmy Rabbit not to get too near the fire for fear of being…" |
| stealthy | in a quiet secretive way to avoid notice "Solomon Owl moved…over to the bed of leaves he had made for his guest, Benjamin Bat." |
| vagabond | a person without a permanent home who moves from place to place "Solomon Owl thought Benjamin Bat to be a worthless…" |
| wary | on guard; watchful "Solomon Owl was too…to go for his fat pullet just then." |
