The Stone-faced BoyOnly his strange great-aunt seems to understand the thoughts of a boy who has spent his life concealing his emotions, on an eerie, snowy night after rescuing a dog that dislikes him. |
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... suddenly and looked out toward the great meadow that sailed right up to the edge of the pine woods which grew along the base of the farth- est hills . " There's a black dog , " she said . “ It has a white spot on its tail . " Gus was ...
... suddenly and looked out toward the great meadow that sailed right up to the edge of the pine woods which grew along the base of the farth- est hills . " There's a black dog , " she said . “ It has a white spot on its tail . " Gus was ...
Page 51
... everybody else is asleep . Yet he could not frown or cry or do anything at all but feel a deep shiver in the very center of himself as he thought of the long night ahead . He thought suddenly of what Great - aunt Hattie had 51.
... everybody else is asleep . Yet he could not frown or cry or do anything at all but feel a deep shiver in the very center of himself as he thought of the long night ahead . He thought suddenly of what Great - aunt Hattie had 51.
Page 79
... suddenly opened his mouth and shouted , " Gus ! " He must keep moving . It was getting hard to tell where his feet were . He trudged along the side of the rise and then suddenly he saw animal tracks , four black marks in the snow . If ...
... suddenly opened his mouth and shouted , " Gus ! " He must keep moving . It was getting hard to tell where his feet were . He trudged along the side of the rise and then suddenly he saw animal tracks , four black marks in the snow . If ...
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alarm clock animal answer apple trees asked Gus asked Rachel asked Zack began beneath blanket blue pocketbook blue room boots broom chair closet cold crack cried Rachel curled curlers dark dog's door drop Dum-dum Erie Canal eyes face feet fingers geode gray Great-aunt Hattie growl Gus asked Gus felt Gus saw Gus thought Gus took Gus wondered Gus's hand Harriet head heard hill imagined jacket kerosene lamp knew laugh light meadow milk snakes mitten morning never night old dog old lady Oliver Oliver house orchard Paula Fox pines Poppa ridge road scarf Serena Sheltie Sheltie's shouted Simon sleep slope smiling snakes snow someone sound standing staring stone wall STONE-FACED BOY stood stray cats Stutz Bearcat suddenly things third floor Tipper trap Turkish Delight turned voice wait wasps watched Zack