The Midnight Fox

by Betsy Byars

1. discourage- to make less optimistic or encouraged:

2. dread- a great fear; a feeling of terror:

3. hopelessness- a feeling of having no hope:

4. desperate- showing despair and hopelessness:

5. anxiously- in a worried or frightened manner:

6. doom- to condemn to a terrible fate:

7. feeble- not strong; weak:

8. ecstatic- full of ecstasy (a strong feeling of joy or delight)