Vocab: Number the Stars (9-18)

"So, my little friend, it is time for the night of _____ of a lost loved one to

begin. Are you ready?"

His strong hands continued, ____pressing like a pulse against the cow.

The steady streams of milk still came. He looked at her again, his deep blue

eyes kind and questioning. "You are angry," he said.

The officer moved forward suddenly, across the room, to the coffin. He

placed one gloved hand on its lid. "Poor Great-aunt Birte," he said, in a

__________voice that made her feel bad.

The wooden coffin rested on supports in the center of the

living room and was surrounded by the _____, papery flowers that

Annemarie and Ellen had picked that afternoon.

Surely __________germs wouldn't remain in a dead person!

Annemarie nodded again. Suddenly there was a noise outside. Uncle

Henrik's shoulders stiffened. He rose quickly, went to the window of the

barn, stood in the shadows, and looked out. Then he turned back to

Annemarie.

"It is the _____," he said. "It used to carry a coffin to the cemetery."

"I don't know exactly," Annemarie admitted and _____. "She and Peter were out

somewhere together, and then there was a telephone call, that there had

been an accident. Mama and Papa rushed to the hospital—remember, your

mother came and stayed with me and Kirsti?

Her mother didn't answer. Her face was ___ with pain. She looked at the path

and down at her ankle.

The hiding places are carefully _____, and often we pile dead fish on the deck as well.

The Danish flag was raised everywhere. People stood in the streets and _________ with tears as

they sang the national anthem of Denmark.