Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
destruction
/dɪˈstrʌk.ʃən/The act of damaging or destroying something completely.
disgust
/dɪsˈɡʌst/A strong feeling of dislike or disapproval toward something unpleasant.
accustomed
/əˈkʌs.təmd/Familiar with something and accepting it as normal.
astonishing
/əˈstɒn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ/Very surprising, remarkable, or amazing.
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In order to turn Friday away from eating human flesh, I decided to give him a taste of animal meat. One morning, I took him out to the woods with my gun. Seeing a wild goat with two young kids, I told Friday to stand still and fired. The poor creature was terrified. He had seen me shoot his enemies from a distance, but he did not understand how a gun worked. He ripped open his shirt to see if he was wounded, then fell to his knees, begging me not to kill him. I helped him up, laughed gently,...
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