8th log : holes

[JsKim]

1. 5/25 21:00~22:30 191~206 pg

2. 1hour and 30minutes

3. Brief summary
Stanley asked Zero about the story he left his house, and Stanley worried about his family because they might not even know whether he is alive or not. Zero and Stanley headed down the mountain with the shovel, onions and jars of water. While climbing down, they drank one jars of water each and headed to the boat Mary Lou. When they reached the boat, it wasn’t noon yet. Zero talked about his past story, and they ate four onions and drank half a jar of water. As they got closer to the camp, they could hear sound of Mr sir. They waited until the capers had finished for they day. Stanley fell asleep and when Zero woke him up, 5 hours passed and it was dark and only one light left on at the camp. They reached to the hole where Stanley found the gold tube, and started to dig. soon they found a box-liked object. Stanley dug underneath the object until he found a leather handle. It was some kind of metal suitcase. Stanley pulled it up out of the dirt. They pulled themselves out of the hole, and there was Warden saying thank you.
There was Mr.pendanski holding the flashlight, and Mr.sir with his gun with barefoot and barechested. Soon they noticed that there’s a lizard. And the second lizard crawled up on the suitcase. There was 6 lizards. Three on the ground two on Stanley’s left leg, and one on his sneakers. They are in lizard nest.

4. Your opinion what you read
The story is heading to the climax.. I felt mad because despite of Stanley and Zero’s effort, they are in really big trouble.. and they are in big danger! If one small lizard bite them, they will die.. I hope some miracle will happen on them..

5. Your reflection of your reading experience
Since the story is almost at the end I think it is easy for me to understand the story well.. but some hard vocabulary bothered me. So while reading I use dictionary to find vocabulary. It made me much easier to understand the story.

6. Vocabulary

-thorn (p.191) ; Stanley groaned as he pulled a thorn out of the palm of his hand.
def : a small, sharp pointed growth on the stem of a plant
Ex) Watch out for the thorns on Rose. It might hurt you.

-clink(p.193) ; They clinked the jars together and, each watching the other, poured the water into their stubborn mouths.
def : to (cause something to ) make a short ringing sound like pieces of glass or metal knocking lightly together.
Ex) We all clinked our glasses together and drank to a happy new year.

-precarious(p.202) ; As his tunnel grew deeper and wider-and more precarious-Stanley was able to feel latches on one end of the box.
def : in danger because not firmly fixed; likely to fall or suffer harm
Ex) I climbed onto a precarious platform to get a better view.