What fools we mortals be!

sylvan \SIL-vuhn\, adjective: 1. Of or pertaining to woods or forest regions. 2. Living or located in a wood or forest. 3. Abounding in forests or trees; wooded. 4. A fabled deity or spirit of the woods. 5. One that lives in or frequents the woods or forest; a rustic.

Cleo wandered into the sylvan backyard of their new house, fireflies sparking around her head. There was a path woven through the trees. Supper wasn't for another twenty minutes and the sun hadn't quite set, so what could a little exploration hurt?

(A/N: Today's word goes out to Shannon Hale and Libba Bray of the Book Babes Tour '08. Doesn't this just seem like the perfect word for both of them?)

Fabulous

inculcate \in-KUHL-kayt; IN-kuhl-kayt\, transitive verb: To teach and impress by frequent repetition or instruction.

Mr. Olsen tried to inculcate the students on the marvels of Elizabethan playwrights, but their minds were elsewhere. Jake debated if he should hold Chelsea's hand on the way to their next class. All Chelsea could think about were Zac Efron's stormy eyes and really, how cool would it be if they had Ms. Darbus instead?

Carry on

mimetic \mim-ET-ik\, adjective: 1. Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative. 2. Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals and plants; as, "mimetic species; mimetic organisms."

Anna pawed through the piles of mimetic dresses, each gown trying to be more like a couture creation than the one before it. Some succeeded, but most failed terribly. What she needed was a fairy godmother--or at the very least a couple of mice and birds to piece together her ensemble for the perfect prom night.