Verb Tenses
"Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away."
LOUIS XIV
This is the name of the detention facility where they believe “if you take a bad boy, make him dig holes all day in the hot sun it turns him into a good boy”
CAMP GREENLAKE
Gorgon with snakes for hair
MEDUSA
This is where Napoleon hid his armies
UP HIS SLEEVIES
"I'm singing in the rain."
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
King who loved the Renaissance
FRANCIS I
This is the name of the gypsy woman who supposedly cursed the Yelnats family
MADAME ZERONI
Stole fire from the Gods
PROMETHEUS
This is a ghost's favourite fruit
BOOBERRY
"This is where I leave you."
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Crowned himself Emperor
NAPOLEON
This is the name of the notorious female stagecoach robber who stole the first Stanley Yelnats’ fortune
KISSIN' KATE BARLOW
Opened a box and let evil into the world
PANDORA
BAHHHH-LERINA
"I will survive"
FUTURE TENSE
MARIE ANTOINETTE
These are the most dangerous creatures a camper might run into out in the desert
YELLOW SPOTTED LIZARDS
Flew too close to the sun
ICARUS
This is what you call an eyeless fish
FSH
"We have been down this road before."
PAST PARTICIPLE
Last king before the French Revolution
LOUIS XVI
This is who all the Yelnats males blame when something goes wrong in their lives
NO-GOOD-DIRTY-ROTTEN-PIG-STEALING-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER
Turned into a spider after challenging Athena
ARACHNE
This is what the snail thought people would say when they saw the giant "S" on the side of his race car
WOW! LOOK AT THAT "S" CAR GO!