| carefully |
with thought and attention or caution about what one is doing. |
| child |
a young human. |
| choose |
to pick one or more things or people from a group. |
| crash |
to destroy with great force and loud noise. |
| floor |
the lowest surface in a room; the surface on which one stands in a room. |
| gong |
a large piece of metal shaped like a plate that makes a loud ringing sound when struck with a stick or hammer. |
| harden |
to make less soft or more rigid. |
| life |
the thing that is in humans, animals, and plants that allows them to grow and to produce more creatures like themselves. Things like rocks do not have life. |
| lovely |
beautiful in appearance. |
| national |
of or having to do with the whole country, not just one part of it. |
| numb |
not able to feel; having no feeling. |
| object |
anything that has shape or form and can be seen or touched. |
| poem |
a piece of writing different from ordinary writing in its special form, rhythm, and beautiful or interesting language. Poems are often short and express feelings. They sometimes use words that rhyme. |
| sadness |
the state or quality of being unhappy. |
| scream |
to make a loud high cry or sound. |