The Scarlet Ibis nettle

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  1. skiff
    a small boat propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
    When we reached the landing, Doodle said he was too tired to swim, so we got into a skiff and floated down the creek with the tide.
  2. nettle
    plant having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation
    The drops stung my face like nettles, and the wind flared the wet glistening leaves of the bordering trees.
  3. cleave
    separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
    It was in the clove of seasons, summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born, that the ibis lit in the bleeding tree.
  4. armada
    a large fleet
    Doodle was both tired and frightened, and when he stepped from the skiff he collapsed onto the mud, sending an armada of fiddler crabs rustling off into the marsh grass.
  5. hazy
    filled or abounding with fog or mist
    We shaded our eyes with our hands against the hazy glare of the sun and peered up through the still leaves.
  6. rustle
    make a dry crackling sound
    Doodle was both tired and frightened, and when he stepped from the skiff he collapsed onto the mud, sending an armada of fiddler crabs rustling off into the marsh grass.
  7. exotic
    characteristic of another place or part of the world
    Even death did not mar its grace, for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and we stood around it, awed by its exotic beauty.
  8. fragile
    easily broken or damaged or destroyed
    His little legs, bent sharply at the knees, had never before seemed so fragile, so thin.
  9. peer
    look searchingly
    We shaded our eyes with our hands against the hazy glare of the sun and peered up through the still leaves.
  10. heresy
    a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
    For a long time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain.
  11. glisten
    be shiny, as if wet
    The drops stung my face like nettles, and the wind flared the wet glistening leaves of the bordering trees.
  12. awe
    an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
    Even death did not mar its grace, for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and we stood around it, awed by its exotic beauty.
  13. bolt
    a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
    The rain was coming, roaring through the pines, and then, like a bursting Roman candle, a gum tree ahead of us was shattered by a bolt of lightening.
  14. mar
    cause to become imperfect
    Even death did not mar its grace, for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and we stood around it, awed by its exotic beauty.
  15. cardinal
    a vivid red color
    Hope no longer hid in the dark palmetto thicket but perched like a cardinal in the lacy toothbrush tree, brilliantly visible.
Created on 二月 1, 2010 (updated 二月 1, 2010)

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