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tour ists

Many tourists visit the White House in Washington, D.C., each year.

tourists

We drive up a steep road, hike a paved trail among yucca, pinyon, juniper and tourists.

tourists

Tourists are people who travel for pleasure or to learn.

hearths

All fireplaces have hearths, or floors on which to place wood.

hearths

Towers and courtyards, hearths and kivas hung where the eagles nest.

hearths

Hearths are the floors of fireplaces.

me sa

A mesa is a hill or mountain with a flat top instead of a peak.

mesa

Every drop of water had to be carried down from the mesa or up from the canyon to this place.

mesa

A mesa is a hill or mountain with a flat top and steep sides.

can yon

We got lost in the canyon, a deep valley with very high sides.

canyon

Water had to be carried down from the mesa or up from the canyon to this place where the Anasazi sang and danced and prayed.

canyon

A canyon is a deep valley with very high, steep sides.

har vest

In the fall, we will harvest the sweet potatoes from the field.

harvest

Food, too, had to be grown above them or hunted below them harvest or kill borne home on their backs.

harvest

A harvest is the crops that are gathered.

dwell ing

An animal’s dwelling is different from where people live.

dwelling

Evening stretched its hand over the mesa and bathed their dwelling for a moment in pink light.

dwelling

A dwelling is a place where a person lives.

with ered

The plant withered because I forgot to water it.

withered

Then water dried up corn withered sickness came.

withered

Withered means dried up.