Characters
The protagonist of the story
Poppy
Home to the woodland creatures
Dimwood Forest
What Poppy wanted to do on Bannock Hill with Ragweed
Dance
"Like air escaping from a balloon, there was a gasp from the crowd."
Simile
Rye
Poppy's husband
Sassy rodent with a purple earring
Ragweed
Ereth's domicile
A hollow log in the forest
Poppy's discovery at New House
The owl on the barn is fake.
"A moment for the multitude of mice to memorize."
Alliteration
White flag
What Poppy carries when she and Lungwort go to ask Ocax permission to move.
A sleepy cat
George
Where Poppy goes to reflect on Ocax's refusal
Log Cabin syrup can
The battle with Ocax's death
The climax of the story
The opposite of what is really meant.
Irony
Red Flag
Lungwort's signal for the family to gather.
Latin for porcupine
Where Poppy almost drowned
Glitter Creek
take her to New House
She tells him that she'll get him the salt.
Yelp. Screech. Scurry. Slithery. Snapped. Scamper.
Onomatopoeia
A hazelnut
What Ragweed was eating before he was killed.
Poppy's Mother
Sweet Cecily
Scientific Name for a Woodland Forest
Deciduous
The events that happen after the climax.
Falling Action/Resolution
What Ereth refers to as "bat bilge."
The idea that Porcupines eat mice
A feather
What Poppy took home to prove Ocax was dead.