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Glossary

ancient (AYN-shuhnt) from a long fables (FAY-buhlz) short stories
time ago that teach lessons usually with
brer (BRAIR) brother animals as main characters
burial sites (BER-ee-uhl SITES) housekeeper (HOUS-kee-per) a
places where dead bodies are person whose job is cleaning
buried houses
cautionary (KAW-shuhn-er-ee) morals (MOR-uhlz) lessons
acting as a warning obstacle (OB-stuh-kuhl) a thing that
cheap (CHEEP) not wanting to blocks a path
spend money proposed (pruh-POHZD) asked to
consequences (KAHN-sih-kwens-iz) marry
punishments or effects urban legends (UR-buhn LEJ-uhndz)
curiosity (kyoor-ee-AH-sih-tee) the modern stories about people
need to know something or places that are told like
they’re true
warriors (WOR-ee-urz) fighters

Index

A
Africa, 12 G R
B ghosts, 18–22 ribbon, 6–10
bear, 12–17 girl with ribbon, 6–10 S
Brer Bear, 12–17 H serial killer, 24–28
Brer Skunk, 12–17 Hawaii, 18–23 skunk, 12–17
C Hookman, 24–28 slaves, 13
cautionary tales, 4–5, 9, 15, L social guidance movies, 29
20, 29 legend tripping, 29 strangers, 9
curiosity, 10, 11 “Little Red Riding Hood,” 9 T
D M teens, 26, 28, 29
dares, 29 movies, 26, 29 thumb sucking, 20
F N tricksters, 14, 16
fables, 5 Night Marchers, 18–23 U
fairy tales, 9 urban legends, 5
fast food, 15

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