toto study guide

summoned

to be called for by someone

flanked

to be surrounded by protection

how are toto and Suku similar in their risk taking and consequences

both wandered off alone into the jungle for the first time both risked the danger of the lions coming after them toto was snared by the poachers rope which made him easy food for the lion and Suku was tracked by the poacher for helping Toto out of the snare. their parents did not know that they left the safety of the herd /compound

crude

not well made

thatched

a grass type roof on a hut

poacher

a person who is hunting animals illegally

game warden

a police officer that works for the rights and protection of animals in a game reserve

snare

a rope that catches an animal around the leg

game reserve

a safe place where the animals can live and not be hunted

Compound

an area like a village where everyone lived

ancestors

our relatives who lived in the past

climax of story

poacher coming after Toto and Suku and the sudden appearance of sukus father and the game warden

mock

pretend or not real

brandishing

showing off their staff to others