The Burnell children are gifted an elaborate dollhouse by a friend of the family who once stayed with them. They immediately fall in love with the dollhouse, and Kezia especially enjoys the little lamp which sits on one of its tables. When they next go to school, the Burnell children brag left and right about the dollhouse, and they get their entire class's attention. They are allowed to bring any two classmates per day by the house to look at the dollhouse, but they cannot bring the Kelvey children, who come from a family so poor even their teacher treats them differently. Kezia disobeys this rule, and brings the Kelveys by to look at the dollhouse, but she is discovered by her aunt, and the Kelveys are quickly shooed away
<span>The connotative meaning of sky is “limitless." The sky is limitless for a bird who has freedom.
The connotative meaning of narrow is “limited.” The narrow cage is limited/restrictive for a bird who's caged.
The connotative meaning of dreams is “hopes and desires.” Even though caged, the bird still hopes and dreams for his freedom.
The connotative meaning of shadow is “who a person once was.” The shadow refers to what the bird once was, free and unconfined.</span>
The word "altercation" refers to a disagreement or a fight, particularly one that is heated, angry or noisy. The word "vociferous" means loud, noisy or vehement. Therefore, a "vociferous altercation" refers to a fight in which the people interacting are shouting in an angry and noisy way.
