"Max Found Two Sticks" pages 202-221

By Brian Pinkney

Summary

Two sticks fall from a tree one day as Max sits on the front steps.  Since he doesn't feel like talking, he responds to people by using the sticks to tap out the rhythms of things he sees and hears.

Vocabulary

appeared: came into view

conductor: someone who is in charge of a train

created: made or designed something

imitated: copied something or someone

rhythm: a regular beat in music, poetry, or dance

startled: surprised someone and made the person jump

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