Life on the Farm
The smallest and weakest piglet born in a litter.
Runt
The long, protruding nose and mouth of an animal like a pig.
Snout
Feeling very unhappy, uncomfortable, or unlucky.
Miserable
To move your hand gently over an animal’s fur to show affection.
Stroke
A person whose job is to kill animals and prepare them for meat.
Butcher
A long, open container used to hold food or water for farm animals.
Trough
A baby goose.
Gosling
Feeling worried, nervous, or uneasy about what might happen.
Anxious
To think about something again in order to possibly change your mind.
Reconsider
Someone who is easily tricked because they trust others too much.
Animal waste that farmers often spread on fields to help plants grow.
Manure
A natural behavior or "inner knowledge" an animal is born with.
Instinct
Extremely sad and disappointed; feeling like giving up.
Dejected
To move quietly and slowly so that nobody hears or sees you.
Stealthily
Someone who eats way too much; the goose used this to describe Templeton.
Glutton
A piece of land where fruit trees, like apples or peaches, are grown.
Orchard
When a baby bird or insect finally breaks out of its egg.
Hatch
Having an unhealthy or "dark" interest in unpleasant things like death.
Morbid
To give out items, like food or flyers, to a group of people.
Distribute
A formal or old-fashioned word for a doctor.
Physician
The process of cutting and drying grass to store as food for animals.
Haymaking
A set of leather straps used to control and guide a horse or cow.
Harness
Feeling guilt or a "sting" of regret for doing something wrong.
Compunction
To destroy something completely until nothing is left.
Annihilate
Very curious and fond of asking many questions.
Inquisitive