Chapter 2 Characters

> Ribsy: the dog; the main character in this story
> Mr. and Mrs. Huggins: Henry's parents
> Henry: the main character; Ribsy's "owner"
> The Dingleys: the family who found Ribsy
> Zibby: the youngest
> Louanne: one of the Dingley girls
> Sally: one of the Dingley girls
> Lisa: one of the Dingley girls
> George: 20-month-old baby boy

Chapter 2 Vocabulary
> Wearily: physically or mentally exhausted; fatigued
> Glumly: sadly; gloomy
> Valuable: worth money ; worth respect and admiration
> Pedigree: proof of superior qualities; animals, documented to be of good a breed
> Trudging: very tired from walking hard and long
> Slogging: similar to trudging; walking hard and heavily
> Patient: withstanding or enduring; waiting worry or complaining
> Subdivision: an area with new houses; housing development
> "Bathinitte" / Bassinette: baby' crib
> Discourage: to dissuade, convince someone not to do something
> Initiative: the ability to start something; put into action
> Wriggled: the ability to start something; put into action
> Lugging: to pull or carry around
> Toward: In the direction of
> Announced: advertise, broadcast, declare, proclaim, promulgate, publish
> Hurl: To throw with great force
> Tottered: to be failing, unstable, or precarious
> Furnace: An intensely hot place
> Billows: A large wave or swell of water. A great swell, surge, or undulating mass, as of smoke or sound.
> Tattletale: an informer or talebearer
> Peering: To be partially visible. To look intently, searching, or with difficulty.
> Huddled: A densely packed group or crowd, as of people or animals.
> Hemmed: An edge or border on a piece of cloth, especially a finished edge, as for a garment or curtain, made by folding an edge under and stitching it down.
> Baffled: To persuade or try to persuade by pleading or flattery;cajole.
> Stunned: To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise.
> Dusk: The darker stage of twilight, especially in the evening.
> Woodsy: Of, relating to , characteristic of, or suggestive of the woods.
> Panting: To breathe rapidly in short gasps, as after exertion.
> Ditch: A long narrow trench or furrow dug in the ground, as for irrigation, drainage, or a boundary line.