| A | B |
|---|
| eclipse | when the moon passes in front of the sun, or the sun passes in front of the moon |
| predator | an animal that hunts and eats other animals |
| operation | a medical action in a hospital, or a set of actions that are planned ahead |
| narrating | the person telling the story |
| setting | where and when the story takes place |
| characters | the people in the story |
| smolder | to burn very slowly |
| relentlessly | without stopping for any reason |
| muck fire | fires that burn underground |
| sod | the ground where grass is growing |
| koi | a large carp fish bright in color |
| osprey | a bird of prey sometimes called a fish eagle |
| transformed | totally changed |
| synthesize | to combine or infer a whole from the parts |
| civil engineer | an engineer who designs and maintains roads and bridges |
| mud run | to drive your truck through the mud for fun |
| inference | a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning |
| italics | when letters lean and look kind of like cursive |
| symbolic | one thing standing for something else |
| "on the bus" | your one of the players who gets to go to away games |
