Write these words and meanings in your notebook:
Cast (skin): shed (skin or horns) in the process of growth.
Ghastly scene: unpleasant and shocking
Humane: having or showing compassion (being a good person or human).
Nuisance: a person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance.
Obstinate: stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.
Scale: each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles
Also, read the first page of the story The Dawn Voyage.
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