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Imagine you are in a dark forest on a winter night, hunting an enemy_who
just happens to be your neighbor. Now suppose that your neighbor is hunting
you, too. What makes people who should be friends become fierce enemies?
Who is the loser in this story’s deadly fight? The answer may shock you.
LITERARY FOCUS: OMNISCIENT NARRATORA story’s omniscient narrator knows everything that happens, and why. This
type of narrator is not a character in the story but an outside observer who
can tell you what each character is thinking and feeling.
• As you read “The Interlopers,” pay special attention to the information
the narrator gives you about the two characters’ pasts.
• The narrator of “The Interlopers” makes us think that events are leading
one way_up until the story’s very end. Prepare to be surprised.
READING SKILLS: MONITORING YOUR READINGSome of the words and sentences in “The Interlopers” may seem difficult.
The following tips will help you understand this classic story.
• Look for context clues that can help you figure out the meaning of
unfamiliar words.
• Break down long sentences into shorter ones.
• Look for the subject and verb in confusing sentences.
• Stop to summarize important passages or scenes.
• Re-read tough passages. Some passages are hard to understand the first
time.
• Try to visualize, or picture, the events that are happening.
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Literary SkillsRecognize an
omniscientnarrator (or
point of view).
ReadingSkills
Monitor yourreading.
VocabularySkills
Understand anduse context
clues.
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precipitous (pr≤·sip√¥·t¥s) adj.: very steep.
The wooded slope was precipitous—a verticalcliff—and hard to climb.
acquiesced (ak≈w≤·est√) v. (used with in): accept-
ed; agreed; consented.
They never acquiesced in the judgment of thecourt; instead, they bitterly opposed it.
marauders (m¥·rôd√·¥rz) n.: people who roam
around in search of loot, or goods to steal.
The man kept a sharp lookout for marauderswho might be prowling through the woods.
exasperation (eg·zas≈p¥r·†√◊¥n) n.: great
annoyance.
His exasperation at being captured was so greatthat he cursed aloud.
pious (p¢√¥s) adj.: showing religious devotion.
Although not religious, his words were pious.
retorted (ri·tôr√tid) v.: replied in a sharp or witty
way.
Feeling insulted, he retorted angrily.
condolences (k¥n·d£√l¥ns·iz) n.: expressions of
sympathy.
When he heard about his enemy’s death, he sentcondolences to the widow.
languor (la«√g¥r) n.: weakness; weariness.
After hours of hard work, he felt a greatlanguor, and this exhaustion lasted all day.
reconciliation (rek≈¥n·sil≈≤·†√◊¥n) n.: friendly end
to a quarrel.
The fight could end in one of two ways—reconciliation or death.
succor (sukôr) n.: help given to someone in
distress; relief.
Unable to free themselves, they waited forrescuers to give them succor.
PREVIEW SELECTION VOCABULARYPreview the following words from “The Interlopers.” Study the words before you begin the story.
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Type ofContext Clue Example
Definition
or restatement
Example
Antonym
Cause and effect
Tito’s languor, his complete weariness,
came when the danger was over.
Tito’s languor was like the feeling you
get after defeat in a basketball game.
His cousin was full of pep, but Tito had
a feeling of languor.
Because of his languor, Tito slept all day.
CONTEXT CLUES: SOLVINGWORD MYSTERIESSuccessful readers are like detec-
tives looking for clues. When
good readers see an unfamiliar
word, they look at the context—
the words and sentences around
the word_for clues to its mean-
ing. Look at these examples to
learn more.
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In a forest of mixed growth somewhere on the eastern spurs of
the Carpathians,1 a man stood one winter night watching and
listening, as though he waited for some beast of the woods to
come within the range of his vision and, later, of his rifle. But
the game for whose presence he kept so keen an outlook was
none that figured in the sportsman’s calendar as lawful and
proper for the chase; Ulrich von Gradwitz patrolled the dark
forest in quest of a human enemy.
The forest lands of Gradwitz were of wide extent and well
stocked with game; the narrow strip of precipitous woodland
that lay on its outskirt was not remarkable for the game it har-
bored or the shooting it afforded, but it was the most jealously
guarded of all its owner’s territorial possessions. A famous law-
suit, in the days of his grandfather, had wrested it from the ille-
gal possession of a neighboring family of petty landowners; the
dispossessed party had never acquiesced in the judgment of the
courts, and a long series of poaching affrays2 and similar scan-
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Which character are youintroduced to in the firstparagraph? What is he look-ing for in the forest?
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1. Carpathians (kär·p†√‚≤·¥nz): mountain range that starts in Slovakiaand extends through Poland, Ukraine, and Romania.
2. poaching affrays (¥·fr†z√): noisy quarrels or brawls about poaching,which means “fishing or hunting illegally on private property.”
precipitous (pr≤·sip√¥·t¥s)adj.: very steep.
acquiesced (ak≈w≤·est√) v.(used with in): accepted;agreed; consented.
Acquiesce has the same Latinorigin as quiet. Someonewho acquiesces agreesquietly and withoutexcitement.
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dals had embittered the relationships between the families for
three generations. The neighbor feud had grown into a personal
one since Ulrich had come to be head of his family; if there was
a man in the world whom he detested and wished ill to, it was
Georg Znaeym, the inheritor of the quarrel and the tireless game
snatcher and raider of the disputed border forest. The feud
might, perhaps, have died down or been compromised if the
personal ill will of the two men had not stood in the way; as
boys they had thirsted for one another’s blood, as men each
prayed that misfortune might fall on the other, and this wind-
scourged winter night Ulrich had banded together his foresters
to watch the dark forest, not in quest of four-footed quarry, but
to keep a lookout for the prowling thieves whom he suspected of
being afoot from across the land boundary. The roebuck,3 which
usually kept in the sheltered hollows during a storm wind, were
running like driven things tonight, and there was movement and
unrest among the creatures that were wont to sleep through the
dark hours. Assuredly there was a disturbing element in the for-
est, and Ulrich could guess the quarter from whence it came.
He strayed away by himself from the watchers whom he had
placed in ambush on the crest of the hill and wandered far down
the steep slopes amid the wild tangle of undergrowth, peering
through the tree trunks and listening through the whistling and
skirling4 of the wind and the restless beating of the branches for
sight or sound of the marauders. If only on this wild night, in
this dark, lone spot, he might come across Georg Znaeym, man
to man, with none to witness—that was the wish that was upper-
most in his thoughts. And as he stepped round the trunk of a
huge beech he came face to face with the man he sought.
The two enemies stood glaring at one another for a long
silent moment. Each had a rifle in his hand, each had hate in his
heart and murder uppermost in his mind. The chance had come
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3. roebuck (r£√buk≈) n.: male (or males) of the roe deer, small deer thatlive in Europe and Asia.
4. skirling (sk∞rl√i«) v. used as n.: shrill, piercing sound.
Re-read lines 19-31.Underline what you learnabout why the two men con-tinue the fight between theneighboring families. Whomis Ulrich feuding with?
marauders (m¥·rôd√·¥rz) n.:people who roam around insearch of loot, or goods tosteal.
In lines 44-45, underline thecompound word_a wordthat is made up of twowords. What does this com-pound word mean?
In lines 48-49, circle the sen-tence in which the omnis-cient narrator tells you whateach character is thinkingand feeling.
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to give full play to the passions of a lifetime. But a man who has
been brought up under the code of a restraining civilization
cannot easily nerve himself to shoot down his neighbor in cold
blood and without a word spoken, except for an offense against
his hearth and honor. And before the moment of hesitation had
given way to action, a deed of Nature’s own violence over-
whelmed them both. A fierce shriek of the storm had been
answered by a splitting crash over their heads, and ere they
could leap aside, a mass of falling beech tree had thundered
down on them. Ulrich von Gradwitz found himself stretched on
the ground, one arm numb beneath him and the other held
almost as helplessly in a tight tangle of forked branches, while
both legs were pinned beneath the fallen mass. His heavy shoot-
ing boots had saved his feet from being crushed to pieces, but if
his fractures were not as serious as they might have been, at least
it was evident that he could not move from his present position
till someone came to release him. The descending twigs had
slashed the skin of his face, and he had to wink away some drops
of blood from his eyelashes before he could take in a general
view of the disaster. At his side, so near that under ordinary cir-
cumstances he could almost have touched him, lay Georg
Znaeym, alive and struggling, but obviously as helplessly pin-
ioned5 down as himself. All round them lay a thick-strewn
wreckage of splintered branches and broken twigs.
Relief at being alive and exasperation at his captive plight
brought a strange medley of pious thank offerings and sharp
curses to Ulrich’s lips. Georg, who was nearly blinded with the
blood which trickled across his eyes, stopped his struggling for a
moment to listen, and then gave a short, snarling laugh.
“So you’re not killed, as you ought to be, but you’re caught,
anyway,” he cried, “caught fast. Ho, what a jest, Ulrich von
Gradwitz snared in his stolen forest. There’s real justice for you!”
And he laughed again, mockingly and savagely.
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5. pinioned (pin√y¥nd) v. used as adj.: pinned, as if chained or tied up.
Circle the important eventthat happens to the twoenemies (lines 56-59).
Draw lines to break downthe long sentence in lines69-72 into shorter units ofthought. Then, paraphrasethe sentence.
exasperation(eg·zas≈p¥r·†√◊¥n) n.: greatannoyance.
pious (p¢√¥s) adj.: showingreligious devotion.
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“I’m caught in my own forest land,” retorted Ulrich.
“When my men come to release us, you will wish, perhaps, that
you were in a better plight than caught poaching on a neighbor’s
land, shame on you.”
Georg was silent for a moment; then he answered quietly:
“Are you sure that your men will find much to release? I
have men, too, in the forest tonight, close behind me, and they
will be here first and do the releasing. When they drag me out
from under these branches, it won’t need much clumsiness on
their part to roll this mass of trunk right over on the top of you.
Your men will find you dead under a fallen beech tree. For
form’s sake I shall send my condolences to your family.”
“It is a useful hint,” said Ulrich fiercely. “My men had
orders to follow in ten minutes’ time, seven of which must have
gone by already, and when they get me out—I will remember
the hint. Only as you will have met your death poaching on my
lands, I don’t think I can decently send any message of condo-
lence to your family.”
“Good,” snarled Georg, “good. We fight this quarrel out to
the death, you and I and our foresters, with no cursed inter-
lopers to come between us. Death and damnation to you, Ulrich
von Gradwitz.”
“The same to you, Georg Znaeym, forest thief, game
snatcher.”
Both men spoke with the bitterness of possible defeat
before them, for each knew that it might be long before his men
would seek him out or find him; it was a bare matter of chance
which party would arrive first on the scene.
Both had now given up the useless struggle to free them-
selves from the mass of wood that held them down; Ulrich lim-
ited his endeavors to an effort to bring his one partially free arm
near enough to his outer coat pocket to draw out his wine flask.
Even when he had accomplished that operation, it was long
before he could manage the unscrewing of the stopper or get
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retorted (ri·tôr√tid) v.: repliedin a sharp or witty way.
condolences (k¥n·d£√l¥ns·iz)n.: expressions of sympathy. Condolence comes from twoLatin words: com-, a prefixmeaning “with,” and dolere,meaning “to grieve.”
Re-read lines 82-94. What dothe enemies threaten to doto each other once they arerescued?
In line 113, circle the wordthat restates the meaning ofendeavors.
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any of the liquid down his throat. But what a heaven-sent draft6
it seemed! It was an open winter7, and little snow had fallen as
yet, hence the captives suffered less from the cold than might
have been the case at that season of the year; nevertheless, the
wine was warming and reviving to the wounded man, and he
looked across with something like a throb of pity to where his
enemy lay, just keeping the groans of pain and weariness from
crossing his lips.
“Could you reach this flask if I threw it over to you?” asked
Ulrich suddenly. “There is good wine in it, and one may as well
be as comfortable as one can. Let us drink, even if tonight one of
us dies.”
“No, I can scarcely see anything; there is so much blood
caked round my eyes,” said Georg; “and in any case I don’t drink
wine with an enemy.”
Ulrich was silent for a few minutes and lay listening to the
weary screeching of the wind. An idea was slowly forming and
growing in his brain, an idea that gained strength every time that
he looked across at the man who was fighting so grimly against
pain and exhaustion. In the pain and languor that Ulrich himself
was feeling, the old fierce hatred seemed to be dying down.
“Neighbor,” he said presently, “do as you please if your men
come first. It was a fair compact. But as for me, I’ve changed my
mind. If my men are the first to come, you shall be the first to be
helped, as though you were my guest. We have quarreled like
devils all our lives over this stupid strip of forest, where the trees
can’t even stand upright in a breath of wind. Lying here tonight,
thinking, I’ve come to think we’ve been rather fools; there are
better things in life than getting the better of a boundary dis-
pute. Neighbor, if you will help me to bury the old quarrel, I—I
will ask you to be my friend.”
Georg Znaeym was silent for so long that Ulrich thought
perhaps he had fainted with the pain of his injuries. Then he
spoke slowly and in jerks.
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6. draft n.: drink. 7. open winter: mild winter.
Re-read the long sentence inlines 118-124. Then, summa-rize the sentence.
Read the boxed passagealoud several times. Focus onconveying the different atti-tudes of Ulrich and Georg.
languor (la«√g¥r) n.: weak-ness; weariness.
In lines 132-137, the narra-tor reveals an importantchange in Ulrich’s attitude.Circle the important changethe narrator tells you about.
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“How the whole region would stare and gabble if we rode
into the market square together. No one living can remember
seeing a Znaeym and a von Gradwitz talking to one another in
friendship. And what peace there would be among the forester
folk if we ended our feud tonight. And if we choose to make
peace among our people, there is none other to interfere, no
interlopers from outside. . . . You would come and keep the
Sylvester night8 beneath my roof, and I would come and feast on
some high day at your castle. . . . I would never fire a shot on
your land, save when you invited me as a guest; and you should
come and shoot with me down in the marshes where the wild-
fowl are. In all the countryside there are none that could hinder
if we willed to make peace. I never thought to have wanted to do
other than hate you all my life, but I think I have changed my
mind about things too, this last half-hour. And you offered me
your wine flask. . . . Ulrich von Gradwitz, I will be your friend.”
For a space both men were silent, turning over in their
minds the wonderful changes that this dramatic reconciliation
would bring about. In the cold, gloomy forest, with the wind
tearing in fitful gusts through the naked branches and whistling
round the tree trunks, they lay and waited for the help that
would now bring release and succor to both parties. And each
prayed a private prayer that his men might be the first to arrive,
so that he might be the first to show honorable attention to the
enemy that had become a friend.
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8. Sylvester night: feast day honoring Saint Sylvester (Pope Sylvester I,d. 335), observed on December 31.
Pause at line 175. Earlier inthe story (lines 83-100), whydid each man hope that hisfriends would be the first toarrive? What has changed?
reconciliation(rek≈¥n·sil≈≤·†√◊¥n) n.: friendlyend to a quarrel.
succor (sukôr) n.: help givento someone in distress; relief.
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Presently, as the wind dropped for a moment, Ulrich broke
the silence.
“Let’s shout for help,” he said; “in this lull our voices may
carry a little way.”
“They won’t carry far through the trees and undergrowth,”
said Georg, “but we can try. Together, then.”
The two raised their voices in a prolonged hunting call.
“Together again,” said Ulrich a few minutes later, after lis-
tening in vain for an answering halloo.
“I heard something that time, I think,” said Ulrich.
“I heard nothing but the pestilential9 wind,” said Georg
hoarsely.
There was silence again for some minutes, and then Ulrich
gave a joyful cry.
“I can see figures coming through the wood. They are fol-
lowing in the way I came down the hillside.”
Both men raised their voices in as loud a shout as they
could muster.
“They hear us! They’ve stopped. Now they see us. They’re
running down the hill toward us,” cried Ulrich.
“How many of them are there?” asked Georg.
“I can’t see distinctly,” said Ulrich; “nine or ten.”
“Then they are yours,” said Georg; “I had only seven out
with me.”
“They are making all the speed they can, brave lads,” said
Ulrich gladly.
“Are they your men?” asked Georg. “Are they your men?” he
repeated impatiently, as Ulrich did not answer.
“No,” said Ulrich with a laugh, the idiotic chattering laugh
of a man unstrung with hideous fear.
“Who are they?” asked Georg quickly, straining his eyes to
see what the other would gladly not have seen.
“Wolves.”
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9. pestilential (pes≈t¥·len√◊¥l) adj.: Strictly speaking, pestilential means“deadly; causing disease; harmful.” Here, Georg uses the word tomean “cursed.”
Pause at line 203. The narra-tor doesn’t reveal who iscoming toward the men.What effect does this lack ofinformation create?
Read to the end of the story.Underline the one word thatreveals the story’s surpriseending.
Why is it fitting that the twomen, who were hunting eachother in the forest that win-ter night, are discovered by wolves rather than by rescuers?
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The InterlopersNarrator Questionnaire This story is told by an omniscient narrator, whoknows all the story’s secrets. Fill out this chart to examine the way point of viewaffects the plot and characters of “The Interlopers.”
1. Does the narrator reveal the thoughts and feelings of the two men? Explain.
2. How would the story be different if it were told from the point of view of one of themen?
3. How might the story be different if it were told from the point of view of the wolves?
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Complete the sample test item below. Then, read the explanation at right.
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Explanation of the Correct Answer
The correct answer is D.
A and C are not correct, because the
story is told from the omniscient point
of view, not the point of view of just
one character. B is not correct; Saki is
the author.
Sample Test Question
Who is the story’s narrator?
A Georg Znaeym
B Saki
C Ulrich von Gradwitz
D an unnamed, all-knowing storyteller
3. The two men decide to become
friends because_
A their men have ordered them to
B they hate the neighbors
C they have become tired of being
enemies
D they hope to save themselves by
working together
4. The narrator creates suspense by
waiting until the end to_
F reveal what is approaching the
men
G tell which man dies first
H explain what the men were fight-
ing about
J warn readers against hunting at
night
1. Which passage reveals that the narra-
tor is omniscient?
A “Both men spoke with the bitter-
ness of possible defeat, for each
knew that it might be long before
his men would seek him out.”
B “The forest lands of Gradwitz
were of wide extent and well
stocked with game.”
C “The two raised their voices in a
prolonged hunting call.”
D “‘No,’ said Ulrich with a laugh,
the idiotic chattering laugh of a
man unstrung with hideous fear.”
2. The narrator tells us the two men—
F are hunting wolves
G don’t go hunting at night
H want to kill each other
J go to hunting parties together
DIRECTIONS: Circle the letter of each correct response.
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Literary SkillsAnalyze use ofthe omniscient
narrator (orpoint of view).
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Skills ReviewSkills Review
1. The hunter examined his quarry
after it had been shot.
A rifle C enemy
B land D hunted animal
2. No one could stop the bitter feud
between the two neighbors.
F ongoing argument
G broken fence
H agreement
J flooded lands
3. They heard the loud sound when
the tree thundered down on them.
A fell from the sky
B was split by lightning
C fell with a roaring noise
D yelled
4. He felt no pain in his right arm,
which was now numb.
F bandaged H painful
G without J foolish
feeling
Context Clues
DIRECTIONS: Read the passage, using context clues to identify the meaning
of the boldface word. Then, circle the letter of the definition of that word.
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Vocabulary in Context
DIRECTIONS: Complete the paragraph below by writing the correct word
from the box in each blank. Not all words from the box will be used.
precipitous
acquiesced
marauders
exasperation
pious
retorted
condolences
languor
reconciliation
succor
Word BoxWord Box The two enemies stared at each other. The gray-haired one laughed. “What are you laughing at?” the brown-haired one asked in
(1) . “I am laughing at two helpless men caught in
a trap,” the other (2) in anger. “Shall we become
friends? No, (3) is not in my plans. I will never
make up with you. And don’t give me any (4)
words about what religion has taught us. We will always be enemies. Our
widows can send each other (5) if they wish.”
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a ve
rtic
alcl
iff—
and
hard
to
clim
b.
acq
uie
sced
(ak≈
w≤·
est√
) v.
(use
d w
ith
in):
acc
ept-
ed; a
gre
ed; c
on
sen
ted
.
The
y ne
ver
acqu
iesc
edin
the
judg
men
t of
the
cour
t; in
stea
d,th
ey b
itte
rly
oppo
sed
it.
mar
aud
ers
(m¥·
rôd
√·¥rz
) n
.:p
eop
le w
ho
ro
am
aro
un
d in
sea
rch
of
loo
t, o
r g
oo
ds
to s
teal
.
The
man
kep
t a
shar
p lo
okou
t fo
r m
arau
ders
who
mig
ht b
e pr
owlin
g th
roug
h th
e w
oods
.
exas
per
atio
n(e
g·z
as≈p
¥r·†
√◊¥n
) n
.:g
reat
ann
oya
nce
.
His
exa
sper
atio
nat
bei
ng c
aptu
red
was
so
grea
tth
at h
e cu
rsed
alo
ud.
pio
us
(p¢√
¥s)
adj.:
sho
win
g r
elig
iou
s d
evo
tio
n.
Alt
houg
h no
t re
ligio
us,h
is w
ords
wer
e pi
ous.
reto
rted
(ri·t
ôr√
tid
) v.
:rep
lied
in a
sh
arp
or
wit
ty
way
.
Feel
ing
insu
lted
,he
reto
rted
angr
ily.
con
do
len
ces
(k¥n
·d£
√l¥n
s·iz
) n
.:ex
pre
ssio
ns
of
sym
pat
hy.
Whe
n he
hea
rd a
bout
his
ene
my’
s de
ath,
he s
ent
con
dole
nce
sto
the
wid
ow.
lan
gu
or
(la«
√g¥r
) n
.:w
eakn
ess;
wea
rin
ess.
Aft
er h
ours
of
hard
wor
k,he
felt
a g
reat
lan
guor
,and
thi
s ex
haus
tion
last
ed a
ll da
y.
reco
nci
liati
on
(rek
≈¥n
·sil≈
≤·†√
״n
) n
.:fr
ien
dly
en
d
to a
qu
arre
l.
The
figh
t co
uld
end
in o
ne o
ftw
o w
ays—
reco
nci
liat
ion
or d
eath
.
succ
or
(su
kôr
) n
.:h
elp
giv
en t
o s
om
eon
e in
dis
tres
s; r
elie
f.
Una
ble
to fr
ee t
hem
selv
es,t
hey
wai
ted
for
resc
uers
to
give
the
m s
ucc
or.
PREV
IEW
SEL
ECTI
ON
VOCA
BULA
RYPr
evie
w t
he
follo
win
g w
ord
s fr
om
“Th
e In
terl
op
ers.
” St
ud
y th
e w
ord
s b
efo
re y
ou
beg
in t
he
sto
ry.
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Typ
e o
fC
on
tex
t C
lue
Ex
am
ple
Def
init
ion
or
rest
atem
ent
Exam
ple
An
ton
ym
Cau
se a
nd
eff
ect
Tito
’s la
ng
uo
r,h
is c
om
ple
tew
eari
nes
s,
cam
e w
hen
th
e d
ang
er w
as o
ver.
Tito
’s la
ng
uo
rw
as li
ke t
he
feel
ing
yo
u
get
aft
er d
efea
t in
a b
aske
tbal
l gam
e.
His
co
usi
n w
as f
ull
of
pep
, bu
t Ti
to h
ad
a fe
elin
g o
f la
ng
uo
r.
Bec
ause
of
his
lan
gu
or,
Tito
sle
pt
all d
ay.
CONT
EXT
CLUE
S: S
OLV
ING
WO
RD M
YSTE
RIES
Succ
essf
ul r
ead
ers
are
like
det
ec-
tive
s lo
oki
ng
fo
r cl
ues
. Wh
en
go
od
rea
der
s se
e an
un
fam
iliar
wo
rd, t
hey
loo
k at
th
e co
nte
xt—
the
wo
rds
and
sen
ten
ces
aro
un
d
the
wo
rd_
for
clu
es t
o it
s m
ean
-
ing
. Lo
ok
at t
hes
e ex
amp
les
to
lear
n m
ore
.
80
Co
llect
ion
3:
Nar
rato
r an
d V
oic
ePa
rt 1
Imag
ine
you
are
in a
dar
k fo
rest
on
a w
inte
r n
igh
t, h
un
tin
g a
n e
nem
y_w
ho
just
hap
pen
s to
be
you
r n
eig
hb
or.
No
w s
up
po
se t
hat
yo
ur
nei
gh
bo
r is
hu
nti
ng
you
, to
o. W
hat
mak
es p
eop
le w
ho
sh
ou
ld b
e fr
ien
ds
bec
om
e fi
erce
en
emie
s?
Wh
o is
th
e lo
ser
in t
his
sto
ry’s
dea
dly
fig
ht?
Th
e an
swer
may
sh
ock
yo
u.
LITE
RARY
FO
CUS:
OM
NISC
IENT
NAR
RATO
RA
sto
ry’s
om
nis
cien
t n
arra
tor
kno
ws
ever
yth
ing
th
at h
app
ens,
an
d w
hy.
Th
is
typ
e o
f n
arra
tor
is n
ot
a ch
arac
ter
in t
he
sto
ry b
ut
an o
uts
ide
ob
serv
er w
ho
can
tel
l yo
u w
hat
eac
h c
har
acte
r is
th
inki
ng
an
d f
eelin
g.
•A
s yo
u r
ead
“Th
e In
terl
op
ers,
” p
ay s
pec
ial a
tten
tio
n t
o t
he
info
rmat
ion
the
nar
rato
r g
ives
yo
u a
bo
ut
the
two
ch
arac
ters
’ pas
ts.
•Th
e n
arra
tor
of
“Th
e In
terl
op
ers”
mak
es u
s th
ink
that
eve
nts
are
lead
ing
on
e w
ay_
up
un
til t
he
sto
ry’s
ver
y en
d. P
rep
are
to b
e su
rpri
sed
.
READ
ING
SKIL
LS:
MO
NITO
RING
YO
UR R
EADI
NGSo
me
of
the
wo
rds
and
sen
ten
ces
in “
The
Inte
rlo
per
s” m
ay s
eem
dif
ficu
lt.
The
follo
win
g t
ips
will
hel
p y
ou
un
der
stan
d t
his
cla
ssic
sto
ry.
•Lo
ok
for
con
text
clu
es t
hat
can
hel
p y
ou
fig
ure
ou
t th
e m
ean
ing
of
un
fam
iliar
wo
rds.
•B
reak
do
wn
lon
g s
ente
nce
s in
to s
ho
rter
on
es.
•Lo
ok
for
the
sub
ject
an
d v
erb
in c
on
fusi
ng
sen
ten
ces.
•St
op
to
su
mm
ariz
e im
po
rtan
t p
assa
ges
or
scen
es.
•R
e-re
ad t
ou
gh
pas
sag
es. S
om
e p
assa
ges
are
har
d t
o u
nd
erst
and
th
e fi
rst
tim
e.
•Tr
y to
vis
ual
ize,
or
pic
ture
, th
e ev
ents
th
at a
re h
app
enin
g.
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Inte
rlop
ers
by S
aki
Lit
era
ry S
kills
Reco
gniz
e an
omni
scie
ntna
rrat
or (o
rpo
int
of v
iew
).
Readin
gSkills
Mon
itor
you
rre
adin
g.
Voca
bula
rySkills
Und
erst
and
and
use
cont
ext
clue
s.
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dals
had
em
bitt
ered
th
e re
lati
onsh
ips
betw
een
th
e fa
mili
es f
or
thre
e ge
ner
atio
ns.
Th
e n
eigh
bor
feu
d h
ad g
row
n in
to a
per
son
al
one
sin
ce U
lric
h h
ad c
ome
to b
e h
ead
ofh
is f
amily
;if
ther
e w
as
a m
an in
th
e w
orld
wh
om h
e de
test
ed a
nd
wis
hed
ill t
o,it
was
Geo
rg Z
nae
ym,t
he
inh
erit
or o
fth
e qu
arre
l an
d th
e ti
rele
ss g
ame
snat
cher
an
d ra
ider
of
the
disp
ute
d bo
rder
for
est.
Th
e fe
ud
mig
ht,
perh
aps,
hav
e di
ed d
own
or
been
com
prom
ised
ifth
e
pers
onal
ill w
ill o
fth
e tw
o m
en h
ad n
ot s
tood
in t
he
way
;as
boys
th
ey h
ad t
hir
sted
for
on
e an
oth
er’s
blo
od,a
s m
en e
ach
pray
ed t
hat
mis
fort
un
e m
igh
t fa
ll on
th
e ot
her
,an
d th
is w
ind-
scou
rged
win
ter
nig
ht
Ulr
ich
had
ban
ded
toge
ther
his
for
este
rs
to w
atch
th
e da
rk f
ores
t,n
ot in
qu
est
offo
ur-
foot
ed q
uar
ry,b
ut
to k
eep
a lo
okou
t fo
r th
e pr
owlin
g th
ieve
s w
hom
he
susp
ecte
d of
bein
g af
oot
from
acr
oss
the
lan
d bo
un
dary
.Th
e ro
ebu
ck,3
wh
ich
usu
ally
kep
t in
th
e sh
elte
red
hol
low
s du
rin
g a
stor
m w
ind,
wer
e
run
nin
g lik
e dr
iven
th
ings
ton
igh
t,an
d th
ere
was
mov
emen
t an
d
un
rest
am
ong
the
crea
ture
s th
at w
ere
won
t to
sle
ep t
hro
ugh
th
e
dark
hou
rs.A
ssu
redl
y th
ere
was
a d
istu
rbin
g el
emen
t in
th
e fo
r-
est,
and
Ulr
ich
cou
ld g
ues
s th
e qu
arte
r fr
om w
hen
ce it
cam
e.
He
stra
yed
away
by
him
self
from
the
wat
cher
s w
hom
he
had
plac
ed in
am
bush
on
the
cre
st o
fth
e hi
ll an
d w
ande
red
far
dow
n
the
stee
p sl
opes
am
id t
he w
ild t
angl
e of
un
derg
row
th,p
eeri
ng
thro
ugh
the
tre
e tr
un
ks a
nd
liste
nin
g th
rou
gh t
he w
hist
ling
and
skir
ling4
ofth
e w
ind
and
the
rest
less
bea
tin
g of
the
bran
ches
for
sigh
t or
sou
nd
ofth
em
arau
ders
.If
only
on
thi
s w
ild n
ight
,in
this
dar
k,lo
ne
spot
,he
mig
ht c
ome
acro
ss G
eorg
Zn
aeym
,man
to m
an,w
ith
non
e to
wit
nes
s —th
at w
as t
he w
ish
that
was
upp
er-
mos
t in
his
tho
ugh
ts.A
nd
as h
e st
eppe
d ro
un
d th
e tr
un
k of
a
huge
bee
ch h
e ca
me
face
to
face
wit
h th
e m
an h
e so
ugh
t.
Th
e tw
o en
emie
s st
ood
glar
ing
at o
ne
anot
her
for
a lo
ng
sile
nt
mom
ent.
Eac
h h
ad a
rif
le in
his
han
d,ea
ch h
ad h
ate
in h
is
hea
rt a
nd
mu
rder
upp
erm
ost
in h
is m
ind.
Th
e ch
ance
had
com
e
20 30 40
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The
Inte
rlo
per
s
83
3.ro
ebu
ck(r
£√b
uk≈
) n
.:m
ale
(or
mal
es)
of
the
roe
dee
r, sm
all d
eer
that
live
in E
uro
pe
and
Asi
a.4.
skir
ling
(sk∞
rl√i«
) v.
use
d a
s n
.:sh
rill,
pie
rcin
g s
ou
nd
.
Re-
read
lin
es 1
9-31
.U
nd
erlin
e w
hat
yo
u le
arn
abo
ut
wh
y th
e tw
o m
en c
on
-ti
nu
e th
e fi
gh
t b
etw
een
th
en
eig
hb
ori
ng
fam
ilies
. Wh
om
is U
lric
h f
eud
ing
wit
h?
Geo
rg Z
nae
ym
mar
aud
ers
(m¥·
rôd
√·¥rz
) n
.:p
eop
le w
ho
ro
am a
rou
nd
inse
arch
of
loo
t, o
r g
oo
ds
tost
eal.
In li
nes
44-
45, u
nd
erlin
e th
eco
mp
ou
nd
wo
rd_
a w
ord
that
is m
ade
up
of
two
wo
rds.
Wh
at d
oes
th
is c
om
-p
ou
nd
wo
rd m
ean
?
hig
hes
t; m
ost
imp
ort
ant
In li
nes
48-
49, c
ircl
e th
e se
n-
ten
ce in
wh
ich
th
e o
mn
is-
cien
t n
arra
tor
tells
yo
u w
hat
each
ch
arac
ter
is t
hin
kin
gan
d f
eelin
g.
In a
for
est
ofm
ixed
gro
wth
som
ewh
ere
on t
he
east
ern
spu
rs o
f
the
Car
path
ian
s,1
a m
an s
tood
on
e w
inte
r n
igh
t w
atch
ing
and
liste
nin
g,as
th
ough
he
wai
ted
for
som
e be
ast
ofth
e w
oods
to
com
e w
ith
in t
he
ran
ge o
fh
is v
isio
n a
nd,
late
r,of
his
rif
le.B
ut
the
gam
e fo
r w
hos
e pr
esen
ce h
e ke
pt s
o ke
en a
n o
utl
ook
was
non
e th
at f
igu
red
in t
he
spor
tsm
an’s
cal
enda
r as
law
ful a
nd
prop
er f
or t
he
chas
e;U
lric
h v
on G
radw
itz
patr
olle
d th
e da
rk
fore
st in
qu
est
ofa
hu
man
en
emy.
Th
e fo
rest
lan
ds o
fG
radw
itz
wer
e of
wid
e ex
ten
t an
d w
ell
stoc
ked
wit
h g
ame;
the
nar
row
str
ip o
fp
reci
pit
ous
woo
dlan
d
that
lay
on it
s ou
tski
rt w
as n
ot r
emar
kabl
e fo
r th
e ga
me
it h
ar-
bore
d or
th
e sh
ooti
ng
it a
ffor
ded,
but
it w
as t
he
mos
t je
alou
sly
guar
ded
ofal
l its
ow
ner
’s t
erri
tori
al p
osse
ssio
ns.
A f
amou
s la
w-
suit
,in
th
e da
ys o
fh
is g
ran
dfat
her
,had
wre
sted
it f
rom
th
e ill
e-
gal p
osse
ssio
n o
fa
nei
ghbo
rin
g fa
mily
of
pett
y la
ndo
wn
ers;
the
disp
osse
ssed
par
ty h
ad n
ever
acq
uie
sced
in t
he
judg
men
t of
the
cou
rts,
and
a lo
ng
seri
es o
fpo
ach
ing
affr
ays2
and
sim
ilar
scan
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llect
ion
3:
Nar
rato
r an
d V
oic
ePa
rt 1
The
Inte
rlop
ers
Saki
Wh
ich
ch
arac
ter
are
you
intr
od
uce
d t
o in
th
e fi
rst
par
agra
ph
? W
hat
is h
e lo
ok-
ing
fo
r in
th
e fo
rest
?
Ulr
ich
vo
n G
rad
wit
z;
he
is h
un
tin
g a
hu
man
enem
y.
Mic
hae
l Bu
ssel
le/G
etty
Imag
es.
1.C
arp
ath
ian
s(k
är·p
†√‚
≤·¥n
z): m
ou
nta
in r
ang
e th
at s
tart
s in
Slo
vaki
aan
d e
xten
ds
thro
ug
h P
ola
nd
, Ukr
ain
e, a
nd
Ro
man
ia.
2.p
oac
hin
g a
ffra
ys(¥
·fr†
z√):
no
isy
qu
arre
ls o
r b
raw
ls a
bo
ut
po
ach
ing
,w
hic
h m
ean
s “f
ish
ing
or
hu
nti
ng
ille
gal
ly o
n p
riva
te p
rop
erty
.”
pre
cip
ito
us
(pr≤
·sip
√¥·t
¥s)
adj.:
very
ste
ep.
acq
uie
sced
(ak≈
w≤·
est√
) v.
(use
d w
ith
in):
acc
epte
d;
agre
ed; c
on
sen
ted
.
Acq
uie
sce
has
th
e sa
me
Lati
no
rig
in a
s q
uie
t. S
om
eon
ew
ho
acq
uie
sces
agre
esq
uie
tly
and
wit
ho
ut
exci
tem
ent.
Collection 3Student pages 82–83
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“I’m
cau
ght
in m
y ow
n f
ores
t la
nd,
”re
tort
edU
lric
h.
“Wh
en m
y m
en c
ome
to r
elea
se u
s,yo
u w
ill w
ish
,per
hap
s,th
at
you
wer
e in
a b
ette
r pl
igh
t th
an c
augh
t po
ach
ing
on a
nei
ghbo
r’s
lan
d,sh
ame
on y
ou.”
Geo
rg w
as s
ilen
t fo
r a
mom
ent;
then
he
answ
ered
qu
ietl
y:
“Are
you
su
re t
hat
you
r m
en w
ill f
ind
mu
ch t
o re
leas
e? I
hav
e m
en,t
oo,i
n t
he
fore
st t
onig
ht,
clos
e be
hin
d m
e,an
d th
ey
will
be
her
e fi
rst
and
do t
he
rele
asin
g.W
hen
th
ey d
rag
me
out
from
un
der
thes
e br
anch
es,i
t w
on’t
nee
d m
uch
clu
msi
nes
s on
thei
r pa
rt t
o ro
ll th
is m
ass
oftr
un
k ri
ght
over
on
th
e to
p of
you
.
You
r m
en w
ill f
ind
you
dea
d u
nde
r a
falle
n b
eech
tre
e.Fo
r
form
’s s
ake
I sh
all s
end
my
con
dol
ence
sto
you
r fa
mily
.”
“It
is a
use
ful h
int,”
said
Ulr
ich
fie
rcel
y.“M
y m
en h
ad
orde
rs t
o fo
llow
in t
en m
inu
tes’
tim
e,se
ven
of
wh
ich
mu
st h
ave
gon
e by
alr
eady
,an
d w
hen
th
ey g
et m
e ou
t —I
will
rem
embe
r
the
hin
t.O
nly
as
you
will
hav
e m
et y
our
deat
h p
oach
ing
on m
y
lan
ds,I
don
’t t
hin
k I
can
dec
entl
y se
nd
any
mes
sage
of
con
do-
len
ce t
o yo
ur
fam
ily.”
“Goo
d,”
snar
led
Geo
rg,“
good
.We
figh
t th
is q
uar
rel o
ut
to
the
deat
h,y
ou a
nd
I an
d ou
r fo
rest
ers,
wit
h n
o cu
rsed
inte
r-
lope
rs t
o co
me
betw
een
us.
Dea
th a
nd
dam
nat
ion
to
you
,Ulr
ich
von
Gra
dwit
z.”
“Th
e sa
me
to y
ou,G
eorg
Zn
aeym
,for
est
thie
f,ga
me
snat
cher
.”
Bot
h m
en s
poke
wit
h t
he
bitt
ern
ess
ofpo
ssib
le d
efea
t
befo
re t
hem
,for
eac
h k
new
th
at it
mig
ht
be lo
ng
befo
re h
is m
en
wou
ld s
eek
him
ou
t or
fin
d h
im;i
t w
as a
bar
e m
atte
r of
chan
ce
wh
ich
par
ty w
ould
arr
ive
firs
t on
th
e sc
ene.
Bot
h h
ad n
ow g
iven
up
the
use
less
str
ugg
le t
o fr
ee t
hem
-
selv
es f
rom
th
e m
ass
ofw
ood
that
hel
d th
em d
own
;Ulr
ich
lim
-
ited
his
en
deav
ors
to a
n e
ffor
t to
bri
ng
his
on
e pa
rtia
lly f
ree
arm
nea
r en
ough
to
his
ou
ter
coat
poc
ket
to d
raw
ou
t h
is w
ine
flas
k.
Even
wh
en h
e h
ad a
ccom
plis
hed
th
at o
pera
tion
,it
was
lon
g
befo
re h
e co
uld
man
age
the
un
scre
win
g of
the
stop
per
or g
et
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rlo
per
s
85
reto
rted
(ri·t
ôr√
tid
) v.
:rep
lied
in a
sh
arp
or
wit
ty w
ay.
con
do
len
ces
(k¥n
·d£
√l¥n
s·iz
)n
.:ex
pre
ssio
ns
of
sym
pat
hy.
C
on
do
len
ceco
mes
fro
m t
wo
Lati
n w
ord
s:co
m-
, a p
refi
xm
ean
ing
“w
ith
,” a
nd
do
lere
,m
ean
ing
“to
gri
eve.
”
Re-
read
lin
es 8
2-94
. Wh
at d
oth
e en
emie
s th
reat
en t
o d
oto
eac
h o
ther
on
ce t
hey
are
resc
ued
?
In li
ne
113,
cir
cle
the
wo
rdth
at r
esta
tes
the
mea
nin
g o
fen
dea
vors
.
Each
th
reat
ens
to h
ave
the
oth
er k
illed
.
to g
ive
full
play
to
the
pass
ion
s of
a lif
etim
e.B
ut
a m
an w
ho
has
been
bro
ugh
t u
p u
nde
r th
e co
de o
fa
rest
rain
ing
civi
lizat
ion
can
not
eas
ily n
erve
him
self
to s
hoo
t do
wn
his
nei
ghbo
r in
col
d
bloo
d an
d w
ith
out
a w
ord
spok
en,e
xcep
t fo
r an
off
ense
aga
inst
his
hea
rth
an
d h
onor
.An
d be
fore
th
e m
omen
t of
hes
itat
ion
had
give
n w
ay t
o ac
tion
,a d
eed
ofN
atu
re’s
ow
n v
iole
nce
ove
r-
wh
elm
ed t
hem
bot
h.A
fie
rce
shri
ek o
fth
e st
orm
had
bee
n
answ
ered
by
a sp
litti
ng
cras
h o
ver
thei
r h
eads
,an
d er
e th
ey
cou
ld le
ap a
side
,a m
ass
offa
llin
g be
ech
tre
e h
ad t
hun
dere
d
dow
n o
n t
hem
.Ulr
ich
von
Gra
dwit
z fo
un
d h
imse
lfst
retc
hed
on
the
grou
nd,
one
arm
nu
mb
ben
eath
him
an
d th
e ot
her
hel
d
alm
ost
as h
elpl
essl
y in
a t
igh
t ta
ngl
e of
fork
ed b
ran
ches
,wh
ile
both
legs
wer
e pi
nn
ed b
enea
th t
he
falle
n m
ass.
His
hea
vy s
hoo
t-
ing
boot
s h
ad s
aved
his
fee
t fr
om b
ein
g cr
ush
ed t
o pi
eces
,bu
t if
his
fra
ctu
res
wer
e n
ot a
s se
riou
s as
th
ey m
igh
t h
ave
been
,at
leas
t
it w
as e
vide
nt
that
he
cou
ld n
ot m
ove
from
his
pre
sen
t po
siti
on
till
som
eon
e ca
me
to r
elea
se h
im.T
he
desc
endi
ng
twig
s h
ad
slas
hed
th
e sk
in o
fh
is f
ace,
and
he
had
to
win
k aw
ay s
ome
drop
s
ofbl
ood
from
his
eye
lash
es b
efor
e h
e co
uld
tak
e in
a g
ener
al
view
of
the
disa
ster
.At
his
sid
e,so
nea
r th
at u
nde
r or
din
ary
cir-
cum
stan
ces
he
cou
ld a
lmos
t h
ave
tou
ched
him
,lay
Geo
rg
Zn
aeym
,aliv
e an
d st
rugg
ling,
but
obvi
ousl
y as
hel
ples
sly
pin
-
ion
ed5
dow
n a
s h
imse
lf.A
ll ro
un
d th
em la
y a
thic
k-st
rew
n
wre
ckag
e of
splin
tere
d br
anch
es a
nd
brok
en t
wig
s.
Rel
ief
at b
ein
g al
ive
and
exas
per
atio
nat
his
cap
tive
plig
ht
brou
ght
a st
ran
ge m
edle
y of
pio
us
than
k of
feri
ngs
an
d sh
arp
curs
es t
o U
lric
h’s
lips.
Geo
rg,w
ho
was
nea
rly
blin
ded
wit
h t
he
bloo
d w
hic
h t
rick
led
acro
ss h
is e
yes,
stop
ped
his
str
ugg
ling
for
a
mom
ent
to li
sten
,an
d th
en g
ave
a sh
ort,
snar
ling
lau
gh.
“So
you’
re n
ot k
illed
,as
you
ou
ght
to b
e,bu
t yo
u’re
cau
ght,
anyw
ay,”
he
crie
d,“c
augh
t fa
st.H
o,w
hat
a je
st,U
lric
h v
on
Gra
dwit
z sn
ared
in h
is s
tole
n f
ores
t.T
her
e’s
real
just
ice
for
you
!”
An
d h
e la
ugh
ed a
gain
,moc
kin
gly
and
sava
gely
.
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Co
llect
ion
3:
Nar
rato
r an
d V
oic
ePa
rt 1
5.p
inio
ned
(pin
√y¥n
d)
v.u
sed
as
adj.:
pin
ned
, as
if c
hai
ned
or
tied
up
.
Cir
cle
the
imp
ort
ant
even
tth
at h
app
ens
to t
he
two
enem
ies
(lin
es 5
6-59
).
Dra
w li
nes
to
bre
ak d
ow
nth
e lo
ng
sen
ten
ce in
lin
es69-
72 in
to s
ho
rter
un
its
of
tho
ug
ht.
Th
en, p
arap
hra
seth
e se
nte
nce
.
At
Ulr
ich
’s s
ide,
so
nea
r th
at U
lric
h .
. .
cou
ld a
lmo
st h
ave
tou
ched
him
, lay
Geo
rg Z
nae
ym. G
eorg
was
aliv
e an
d s
tru
g-
glin
g. B
ut
Geo
rg w
as
as h
elp
less
ly p
inn
ed
do
wn
as
Ulr
ich
was
.
exas
per
atio
n(e
g·z
as≈p
¥r·†
√◊¥n
) n
.:g
reat
ann
oya
nce
.
pio
us
(p¢√
¥s)
adj.:
sho
win
gre
ligio
us
dev
oti
on
.
Collection 3Student pages 84–85
-
Student Pages with Answers 45
“How
th
e w
hol
e re
gion
wou
ld s
tare
an
d ga
bble
ifw
e ro
de
into
th
e m
arke
t sq
uar
e to
geth
er.N
o on
e liv
ing
can
rem
embe
r
seei
ng
a Z
nae
ym a
nd
a vo
n G
radw
itz
talk
ing
to o
ne
anot
her
in
frie
nds
hip
.An
d w
hat
pea
ce t
her
e w
ould
be
amon
g th
e fo
rest
er
folk
ifw
e en
ded
our
feu
d to
nig
ht.
An
d if
we
choo
se t
o m
ake
peac
e am
ong
our
peop
le,t
her
e is
non
e ot
her
to
inte
rfer
e,n
o
inte
rlop
ers
from
ou
tsid
e...
.You
wou
ld c
ome
and
keep
th
e
Sylv
este
r n
igh
t8be
nea
th m
y ro
of,a
nd
I w
ould
com
e an
d fe
ast
on
som
e h
igh
day
at
you
r ca
stle
....
I w
ould
nev
er f
ire
a sh
ot o
n
you
r la
nd,
save
wh
en y
ou in
vite
d m
e as
a g
ues
t;an
d yo
u s
hou
ld
com
e an
d sh
oot
wit
h m
e do
wn
in t
he
mar
shes
wh
ere
the
wild
-
fow
l are
.In
all
the
cou
ntr
ysid
e th
ere
are
non
e th
at c
ould
hin
der
ifw
e w
illed
to
mak
e pe
ace.
I n
ever
th
ough
t to
hav
e w
ante
d to
do
oth
er t
han
hat
e yo
u a
ll m
y lif
e,bu
t I
thin
k I
hav
e ch
ange
d m
y
min
d ab
out
thin
gs t
oo,t
his
last
hal
f-h
our.
An
d yo
u o
ffer
ed m
e
you
r w
ine
flas
k...
.Ulr
ich
von
Gra
dwit
z,I
will
be
you
r fr
ien
d.”
For
a sp
ace
both
men
wer
e si
len
t,tu
rnin
g ov
er in
th
eir
min
ds t
he
won
derf
ul c
han
ges
that
th
is d
ram
atic
rec
onci
liat
ion
wou
ld b
rin
g ab
out.
In t
he
cold
,glo
omy
fore
st,w
ith
th
e w
ind
tear
ing
in f
itfu
l gu
sts
thro
ugh
th
e n
aked
bra
nch
es a
nd
wh
istl
ing
rou
nd
the
tree
tru
nks
,th
ey la
y an
d w
aite
d fo
r th
e h
elp
that
wou
ld n
ow b
rin
g re
leas
e an
d su
ccor
to b
oth
par
ties
.An
d ea
ch
pray
ed a
pri
vate
pra
yer
that
his
men
mig
ht
be t
he
firs
t to
arr
ive,
so t
hat
he
mig
ht
be t
he
firs
t to
sh
ow h
onor
able
att
enti
on t
o th
e
enem
y th
at h
ad b
ecom
e a
frie
nd.
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rlo
per
s
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8.Sy
lves
ter
nig
ht:
feas
t d
ay h
on
ori
ng
Sai
nt
Sylv
este
r (P
op
e Sy
lves
ter
I,d
. 335
), o
bse
rved
on
Dec
emb
er 3
1.
Pau
se a
t lin
e 17
5. E
arlie
r in
the
sto
ry (
lines
83-
100)
, wh
yd
id e
ach
man
ho
pe
that
his
frie
nd
s w
ou
ld b
e th
e fi
rst
toar
rive
? W
hat
has
ch
ang
ed?
reco
nci
liati
on
(rek
≈¥n
·sil≈
≤·†√
״n
) n
.:fr
ien
dly
end
to
a q
uar
rel.
succ
or
(su
kôr
) n
.:h
elp
giv
ento
so
meo
ne
in d
istr
ess;
rel
ief.
Du
dle
y D
ana/
No
nst
ock
.
Notes
Notes
Earl
ier,
Ulr
ich
an
d
Geo
rg e
ach
wan
ted
his
men
to
arr
ive
firs
t so
the
oth
er m
an, t
he
enem
y, w
ou
ld b
e
kille
d. N
ow
, Ulr
ich
an
d
Geo
rg e
ach
wan
ts h
is
men
to
arr
ive
firs
t so
his
fo
rmer
en
emy
may
be
resc
ued
as
a sh
ow
of
frie
nd
ship
.
any
ofth
e liq
uid
dow
n h
is t
hro
at.B
ut
wh
at a
hea
ven
-sen
t dr
aft6
it s
eem
ed! I
t w
as a
n o
pen
win
ter7
,an
d lit
tle
snow
had
fal
len
as
yet,
hen
ce t
he
capt
ives
su
ffer
ed le
ss f
rom
th
e co
ld t
han
mig
ht
hav
e be
en t
he
case
at
that
sea
son
of
the
year
;nev
erth
eles
s,th
e
win
e w
as w
arm
ing
and
revi
vin
g to
th
e w
oun
ded
man
,an
d h
e
look
ed a
cros
s w
ith
som
eth
ing
like
a th
rob
ofpi
ty t
o w
her
e h
is
enem
y la
y,ju
st k
eepi
ng
the
groa
ns
ofpa
in a
nd
wea
rin
ess
from
cros
sin
g h
is li
ps.
“Cou
ld y
ou r
each
th
is f
lask
ifI
thre
w it
ove
r to
you
?”as
ked
Ulr
ich
su
dden
ly.“
Th
ere
is g
ood
win
e in
it,a
nd
one
may
as
wel
l
be a
s co
mfo
rtab
le a
s on
e ca
n.L
et u
s dr
ink,
even
ifto
nig
ht
one
of
us
dies
.”
“No,
I ca
n s
carc
ely
see
anyt
hin
g;th
ere
is s
o m
uch
blo
od
cake
d ro
un
d m
y ey
es,”
said
Geo
rg;“
and
in a
ny c
ase
I do
n’t
drin
k
win
e w
ith
an
en
emy.”
Ulr
ich
was
sile
nt
for
a fe
w m
inu
tes
and
lay
liste
nin
g to
the
wea
ry s
cree
chin
g of
the
win
d.A
n id
ea w
as s
low
ly f
orm
ing
and
grow
ing
in h
is b
rain
,an
idea
tha
t ga
ined
str
engt
h ev
ery
tim
e th
at
he lo
oked
acr
oss
at t
he m
an w
ho w
as f
ight
ing
so g
rim
ly a
gain
st
pain
an
d ex
hau
stio
n.I
n t
he p
ain
an
d la
ngu
orth
at U
lric
h hi
mse
lf
was
fee
ling,
the
old
fier
ce h
atre
d se
emed
to
be d
yin
g do
wn
.
“Nei
ghbo
r,”h
e sa
id p
rese
ntl
y,“d
o as
you
ple
ase
ifyo
ur
men
com
e fi
rst.
It w
as a
fai
r co
mpa
ct.B
ut
as f
or m
e,I’
ve c
han
ged
my
min
d.If
my
men
are
th
e fi
rst
to c
ome,
you
sh
all b
e th
e fi
rst
to b
e
hel
ped,
as t
hou
gh y
ou w
ere
my
gues
t.W
e h
ave
quar
rele
d lik
e
devi
ls a
ll ou
r liv
es o
ver
this
stu
pid
stri
p of
fore
st,w
her
e th
e tr
ees
can’
t ev
en s
tan
d u
prig
ht
in a
bre
ath
of
win
d.Ly
ing
her
e to
nig
ht,
thin
kin
g,I’
ve c
ome
to t
hin
k w
e’ve
bee
n r
ath
er f
ools
;th
ere
are
bett
er t
hin
gs in
life
th
an g
etti
ng
the
bett
er o
fa
bou
nda
ry d
is-
pute
.Nei
ghbo
r,if
you
will
hel
p m
e to
bu
ry t
he
old
quar
rel,
I —I
will
ask
you
to
be m
y fr
ien
d.”
Geo
rg Z
nae
ym w
as s
ilen
t fo
r so
lon
g th
at U
lric
h t
hou
ght
perh
aps
he
had
fai
nte
d w
ith
th
e pa
in o
fh
is in
juri
es.T
hen
he
spok
e sl
owly
an
d in
jerk
s.
120
130
140
150
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raft
n.:
dri
nk.
7.
op
en w
inte
r:m
ild w
inte
r.
Re-
read
th
e lo
ng
sen
ten
ce in
lines
118-
124.
Th
en, s
um
ma-
rize
the
sen
ten
ce.
Rea
d t
he
bo
xed
pas
sag
eal
ou
d s
ever
al t
imes
. Fo
cus
on
con
veyi
ng
th
e d
iffe
ren
t at
ti-
tud
es o
f U
lric
h a
nd
Geo
rg.
lan
gu
or
(la«
√g¥r
) n
.:w
eak-
nes
s; w
eari
nes
s.
In li
nes
132-
137,
th
e n
arra
-to
r re
veal
s an
imp
ort
ant
chan
ge
in U
lric
h’s
att
itu
de.
Cir
cle
the
imp
ort
ant
chan
ge
the
nar
rato
r te
lls y
ou
ab
ou
t.
The
win
ter
was
mild
,
so t
he
trap
ped
men
wer
e w
arm
er t
han
usu
al in
win
ter.
The
win
e w
arm
ed U
lric
h
and
mad
e h
im f
eel
bet
ter.
He
beg
an t
o
pit
y G
eorg
, wh
o w
as
tryi
ng
no
t to
gro
an
wit
h p
ain
.
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The
Inte
rlo
per
s
89
The
Inte
rlop
ers
Nar
rato
r Q
uest
ionn
aire
Th
is s
tory
is t
old
by a
n o
mn
isci
ent
nar
rato
r,w
ho
know
s al
l th
e st
ory’
s se
cret
s.Fi
ll ou
t th
is c
har
t to
exa
min
e th
e w
ay p
oin
t of
view
affe
cts
the
plot
an
d ch
arac
ters
of“
Th
e In
terl
oper
s.”
1.D
oes
th
e n
arra
tor
reve
al t
he
tho
ug
hts
an
d f
eelin
gs
of
the
two
men
? Ex
pla
in.
2.H
ow
wo
uld
th
e st
ory
be
dif
fere
nt
if it
wer
e to
ld f
rom
th
e p
oin
t o
f vi
ew o
f o
ne
of
the
men
?
3.H
ow
mig
ht
the
sto
ry b
e d
iffe
ren
t if
it w
ere
told
fro
m t
he
po
int
of
view
of
the
wo
lves
?
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Yes,
th
e n
arra
tor
des
crib
es h
ow
th
e tw
o m
en h
ated
eac
h o
ther
sin
ce
child
ho
od
an
d n
ow
wan
t to
kill
eac
h o
ther
; ho
w t
he
two
men
rea
ct
wh
en t
rap
ped
un
der
th
e tr
ee; h
ow
th
eir
feel
ing
s ch
ang
e w
hen
th
ey f
ear
that
th
ey m
ay b
oth
die
; ho
w t
hey
bo
th r
eact
to
th
e w
olv
es.
The
read
er m
igh
t b
e m
ore
sym
pat
het
ic t
o t
he
man
fro
m w
ho
se p
oin
t o
f
view
th
e st
ory
was
to
ld; t
he
read
er m
igh
t n
ot
care
th
at t
he
wo
lves
atta
cked
th
e o
ther
man
.
The
read
er m
igh
t b
e sy
mp
ath
etic
to
th
e w
olv
es in
stea
d o
f to
th
e tw
o
men
. Th
e st
ory
mig
ht
no
t h
ave
the
surp
rise
en
din
g it
has
.
Pre
sen
tly,
as t
he
win
d dr
oppe
d fo
r a
mom
ent,
Ulr
ich
bro
ke
the
sile
nce
.
“Let
’s s
hou
t fo
r h
elp,
”h
e sa
id;“
in t
his
lull
our
voic
es m
ay
carr
y a
littl
e w
ay.”
“Th
ey w
on’t
car
ry f
ar t
hro
ugh
th
e tr
ees
and
un
derg
row
th,”
said
Geo
rg,“
but
we
can
try
.Tog
eth
er,t
hen
.”
Th
e tw
o ra
ised
th
eir
voic
es in
a p
rolo
nge
d hu
nti
ng
call.
“Tog
eth
er a
gain
,”sa
id U
lric
h a
few
min
ute
s la
ter,
afte
r lis
-
ten
ing
in v
ain
for
an
an
swer
ing
hal
loo.
“I h
eard
som
eth
ing
that
tim
e,I
thin
k,”
said
Ulr
ich
.
“I h
eard
not
hin
g bu
t th
e pe
stile
nti
al9
win
d,”
said
Geo
rg
hoa
rsel
y.
Th
ere
was
sile
nce
aga
in f
or s
ome
min
ute
s,an
d th
en U
lric
h
gave
a jo
yfu
l cry
.
“I c
an s
ee f
igu
res
com
ing
thro
ugh
th
e w
ood.
Th
ey a
re f
ol-
low
ing
in t
he
way
I c
ame
dow
n t
he
hill
side
.”
Bot
h m
en r
aise
d th
eir
voic
es in
as
lou
d a
shou
t as
th
ey
cou
ld m
ust
er.
“Th
ey h
ear
us!
Th
ey’v
e st
oppe
d.N
ow t
hey
see
us.
Th
ey’r
e
run
nin
g do
wn
th
e h
ill t
owar
d u
s,”cr
ied
Ulr
ich
.
“How
man
y of
them
are
th
ere?
”as
ked
Geo
rg.
“I c
an’t
see
dis
tin
ctly
,”sa
id U
lric
h;“
nin
e or
ten
.”
“Th
en t
hey
are
you
rs,”
said
Geo
rg;“
I h
ad o
nly
sev
en o
ut
wit
h m
e.”
“Th
ey a
re m
akin
g al
l th
e sp
eed
they
can
,bra
ve la
ds,”
said
Ulr
ich
gla
dly
.
“Are
th
ey y
our
men
?”as
ked
Geo
rg.“
Are
th
ey y
our
men
?”h
e
repe
ated
impa
tien
tly,
as U
lric
h d
id n
ot a
nsw
er.
“No,
”sa
id U
lric
h w
ith
a la
ugh
,th
e id
ioti
c ch
atte
rin
g la
ugh
ofa
man
un
stru
ng
wit
h h
ideo
us
fear
.
“Wh
o ar
e th
ey?”
aske
d G
eorg
qu
ickl
y,st
rain
ing
his
eye
s to
see
wh
at t
he
oth
er w
ould
gla
dly
not
hav
e se
en.
“Wol
ves.
”
180
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esti
len
tial
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≈t¥·
len
√◊¥l
) ad
j.:St
rict
ly s
pea
kin
g, p
esti
len
tial
mea
ns
“dea
dly
; cau
sin
g d
isea