| A | B |
|---|
| Winter | Time of year story takes place |
| Fresh Air Fund | Camp for poor children |
| Puerto Rico | Family went when Laf was a baby |
| Ten | Tyree's age when father died |
| Not born yet | Lafayette was when father died |
| Out of sight/out of mind | Tyree's denial of dad's death |
| Evil incarnate | Laf's description of Newcharlie |
| Depressed | How Laf felt about mother gone |
| Aunt Cecile | Came back to help Lafayette |
| Fish, dogs, hairy hands | In Lafayetet's dreams |
| The cops got Charlie | Why Tyree wakes Lafayette |
| token | Fake money/form of payment |
| sagging | hanging low |
| shock | body's reaction to trauma |
| crinkled | rhymes with wrinkled |
| limousine | a special car with a hired driver |
| Danish | type of pastry, like a donut |
| addiction | unhealthy habit like drugs |
| whimper | a soft cry like a puppy makes |
| scuffed | dusty, not shiny ( shoes) |
| mastiff | a type of dog |
| shrink | slang for psychologist |
| slicker | raincoat |
| temp | slang for temporary |
| Doberman | type of dog |
| incarnate | in human form |
