Martha Changes Her Luck

Uh–oh. Martha walked under a ladder—and broke a mirror—so now she thinks she's jinxed. And she's worried her bad luck is rubbing off on everybody else. Helen tries to explain that all the accidents are just coincidence, but things just keep getting worse. Vocabulary (E) jinx, superstitious, curse, coincidence, reason (I) luck, chance, accident, fluke, doomed