Lazy
wide awake at night
mischievous
not trustworthy
slow
juan tamad, the sloth, waited for a guava to fall into his mouth. he is
peter's mother calls him "my little monkey." he loves to tease his little is

riza, the owl in the family, watches tv until midnight. she
that laborer does not do things fast enough. he is the turtle in the group. he is a
be careful of that man. he is a snake in the grass. he ​

determine whether each statement below isliteral or figurative. put a "check" on blank before eachnumber if the statement is literal and "x" if the state-ment is figurative.1. eddie was thirteen when his father firsttook him hunting.2.eddie felt hate heave like a caged, angry beast.3. biryuk and eddie became fast friends.4. eddie's eyes were wild as scuds.5. even as a young boy, eddie already hadthe instincts of a hunter.6. eddie saw his sister as a thorn in his sidesomething which should be plucked.7. eddie once thought that delia was ex-tending the olive branch to him.8. the stick of delia stabbed the eye ofeddie's dog.9. in the story, eddie and delia were like oiland water.10. with every word and gesture she hurledat me i caught and fed to my growingand restless hate.​