Pink and Say Vocabulary

I had never seen a man like him so close before. His skin was the color of polished mahogany.

• reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.a reddish-brown color

• purple

• yellow

• gold

“We gotta keep movin’. If we stay in one spot, marauders will find us. They’re draggin’ along and lookin’ for wounded.”

• teachers

• a person who travels around plundering through things

• animals

• family

Raw milk and corn bread never tasted so good in all my born days. It was the first time in months my vittles didn’t have any mealy worms in it.

• ice cream

• dirt

• uniform

• food

“No, no, my babies…my dear babies!” she cried. She was inconsolable for a time, then she sat still and afeared as she listen

• not able to comfort

• quiet

• happy

• tired

“Child, bein’ brave don’t mean you ain’t afeared. Don’t you know that?”

• afraid

• happy

• sad

• quiet

The next mornin’ we mustered to leave. We packed corn bread, salt pork, and dried beans.

• ran

• to come together

• separated

• ate

When the marauders came in, my heart was poundin’ so hard I was sure they could hear it up there above us. There was a terrible commotion as they ransacked, lookin’ for food

• planned

• cooked

• left

• searched