Glossary
Chapter 3
  album a book with blank pages for saving photographs and other things
  bamboo tall plant of the grass family, used in houses and furniture
  beam a ray of light
  boundary a line dividing two places
  burlap a rough cloth used to make bags for holding coffee beans, onions, and so on
  cast (his) eyes looked
  chapped dried, cracking
  Communists people who are part of a group in which all businesses and land are owned by the government
  crimsoned made red in color
  current a flow of water
  echoing repeating of a sound caused by bouncing off a hard surface
  escapees people who try to get away
  exhausted extremely tired
  expression a word or group of words
  farewell good-bye for a long time or forever
  generous very giving
  government the people who rule a place or country
  gratitude thankfulness, appreciation
  rucksack a bag carried on the back
  searchlight a strong, movable lamp used for seeing at a distance in the dark
  spotted seen
  submerged under the surface of the water
  submergings times gone under the surface of the water
  thirty-eighth parallel a line that marks the border between North and South Korea
  uniform a special kind of clothing worn by people belonging to certain groups
  vanished disappeared
  watchtower a tower from which something is guarded