The Scarlet Ibis 1st by Dana Thames https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu For each of the three categories, dig back into the text of the short story and find at objects, items, or descriptions that contain that subject matter. en-us 2021-11-12 14:37:00 UTC 2021-11-15 19:28:50 UTC hello@padlet.com "...the oriole nest in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle." dana_thames https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1886786534 2021-11-12 14:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1886786534 "Daddy had Mr. Heath, the carpenter, build a little mahogany coffin for him." (Mahogany is a reddish-brown wood.) dana_thames https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1886791824 2021-11-12 14:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1886791824 lukasd876 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891329565 "Finally I went back and found him huddled beneath a red nightshade bush beside the road. "]]> 2021-11-15 14:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891329565 lukasd876 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891331269 "Flocks of marsh crows flew by, heading inland to their roosting trees; and two egrets, squawking, arose from the oyster-rock shallows and careened away."]]> 2021-11-15 14:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891331269 jordim972 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891331669 "It was in the clove of seasons, summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born, that the ibis lit in the bleeding tree."]]> 2021-11-15 14:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891331669 ¨pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death.¨ luish693 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891331799 2021-11-15 14:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891331799 aurorav778 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891333663 "I began to weep, and the tear-blurred vision in red before me looked very familiar." ]]> 2021-11-15 14:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891333663 "..and his neck and the front of his shirt were stained with brilliant red" kimberlym292 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891334299 2021-11-15 14:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891334299 "Limply, he fell backward onto the earth. He had been bleeding from the mouth, and his neck and front of his shirt were staind brilliant red." seamusm454 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891335002 2021-11-15 14:03:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891335002 lukasd876 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891337046 "He was pale, and lingered just inside the screen door. "Did you get the scarlet ibis buried?"]]> 2021-11-15 14:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891337046 Death/Dying https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891337570 " Everyone thought he was going to die-everybody but Aunt Nicey who delivered him. She said he would live because he was born in a caul."]]> 2021-11-15 14:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891337570 "They named him William Armstrong, which was like tying a big tail on a small kite. Such a name sounds good only on a tombstone. " taylorp432 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891338896 2021-11-15 14:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891338896 "It was in the clove of seasons, summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born, that the ibis lit in the bleeding tree." abigailh232 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891339121 2021-11-15 14:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891339121 "for it lay on the earth like a broken vase red flowers," seamusm454 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891339590 2021-11-15 14:05:11 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891339590 Justin kreider https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891339695 "What is it?" he asked. At that moment the bird began to flutter, but the wings were
uncoordinated, and amid much flapping and a spray of flying feathers, it tumbled down, bumping through
the limbs of the bleeding tree and landing at our feet with a thud. Its long, graceful neck jerked twice into
an S, then straightened out, and the bird was still]]> 2021-11-15 14:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891339695 alyssaw226 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891340442 "Hope no longer hid in the dark palmetto thicket but perched like a cardinal in the lacy toothbrush tree, brilliantly visible." ]]> 2021-11-15 14:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891340442 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891341712 "Even death did not mar its grace, for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and we stood around it,awed by its exotic beauty."]]> 2021-11-15 14:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891341712 ""It's a great big red bird!" he called. The bird croaked loudly again, and Mama and Daddy came out into the yard." taylorp432 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891345052 2021-11-15 14:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891345052 Birds katelyns848 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891346575 " A screech owl flapped out of the box into our faces, covering us with Paris green."]]> 2021-11-15 14:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891346575 "ferns unfurled and birds broke into song." seamusm454 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891347882 2021-11-15 14:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891347882 cheyanneb942 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891348336 "He seemed all head, with a tiny body which was red and shriveled like an old man's."]]> 2021-11-15 14:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891348336 Justin Kreider justink735 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891348576 "Specially red dead birds!"]]> 2021-11-15 14:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891348576 Justin Kreider justink735 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891349899 "Specially red dead birds!"]]> 2021-11-15 14:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891349899 "Dead birds is bad luck," said Aunt Nicey, poking her head from the kitchen door. "Specially red dead birds!" luish693 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891350035 2021-11-15 14:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891350035 aurorav778 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891350762 "Even death did not mar its grace, for it lay on Earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and we stood around it, awed by its exotic beauty."]]> 2021-11-15 14:08:38 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891350762 "Even death did not mar its grace, for it..." kimberlym292 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891351414 2021-11-15 14:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891351414 Red katelyns848 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891352770 " He had been bleeding from the mouth, and his neck and the front of his shirt were stained a brilliant red."]]> 2021-11-15 14:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891352770 aurorav778 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891354136 "Sadly, we all looked back at the bird. A scarlet ibis!"]]> 2021-11-15 14:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891354136 alyssaw226 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891354596 "In May and June there was no rain and the crops withered, curled up, then died under the thirsty sun."]]> 2021-11-15 14:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891354596 Red katelyns848 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891356491 " His head was thrown far back making his vermillion neck appear unusually."]]> 2021-11-15 14:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891356491 "The last graveyard flowers were blooming, and their smell drifted across the cotton field and through every room of our house, speaking softly the names of our dead" jaidaa255 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891357852 2021-11-15 14:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891357852 meredithd779 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891359056 "their smell drifted across the cotton field and through every room of our house, speaking softly the names of our dead."]]> 2021-11-15 14:11:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891359056 alyssaw226 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891362722 "Wherever we went, I purposely walked fast, and although he kept up, his face turned red and his eyes became glazed."]]> 2021-11-15 14:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891362722 "Did you get the scarlet ibis get buried?" kimberlym292 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891367646 2021-11-15 14:14:10 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891367646 meredithd779 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891368246 "Trembling, he'd push himself up, turning first red, then a soft purple".]]> 2021-11-15 14:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891368246 jordim972 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891370539  "It's a scarlet ibis," he said, pointing to a picture. "It lives 

in the tropics
--
South America to Florida. A storm must have brought it here."
]]> 2021-11-15 14:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1891370539 It seemed so hopeless from the beginning that it's a miracle I didn't give up. But all of us must have something or someone to be proud of, and Doodle had become mine. I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death. dianao489 https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1892191757 2021-11-15 19:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_thames/oswy9zjluz9d8rgu/wish/1892191757