The oak tree
Across
- 4. is what the hikers made to sleep using the oak leaves.
- 7. is the type of tree the hikers thought was useless but turned out to be helpful.
- 8. is how the hikers felt after walking all day.
- 10. is how the hikers settled into the bed of leaves.
- 12. are what the hikers used to build the campfire.
- 14. is the red fruit one of the hikers hoped to find.
- 17. are where the hikers were walking — dry, brown, and hot.
- 18. is where the hikers sat in relation to the fire.
- 20. is what the hikers hoped to find on the tree but didn’t.
- 22. is what the wind does as the rain falls.
Down
- 1. describes the color of the soft oak leaves.
- 2. is what the hikers collected to make the fire.
- 3. are people who walk long distances in nature — just like in the story.
- 5. is what started falling after the sky turned grey.
- 6. is what the hikers made to stay warm.
- 9. is how long the hikers had been walking.
- 10. is what the oak tree gave the hikers from the rain.
- 11. is the color the sky turned before the rain started.
- 13. is how one of the hikers felt before making the fire.
- 15. is the yellow fruit the other hiker wanted.
- 16. is what one hiker asked the other to do when they needed to build the fire and bed.
- 19. is how the hikers stayed under the oak tree, even in the rain.
- 21. is what the oak tree acted like when the rain came.