| A | B |
| poacher | a person who catches rare animals and sells them for a lot of money |
| Walker | Wallis's brother |
| Moose Manor | Wallis's home |
| rubber bands | the items used to fastenthe lobster's claws |
| Ripley Pearce | the poacher in the story |
| three bright green feathers | the clues that helped lead to the capture of Ripley Pearce |
| Emory Scott | the original owner of the castle |
| dungeon | what connected the playhouse to the cave |
| bats | the animals that lived in the caves |
| parrots | the endangered animals in the story |
| Maine | the state where Wallis lived |
| Connecticut | the state where the three children lived |