The story then leaps to the late 1950's, when Jose and Maria's six children scatter in various directions.

Men began collecting fire-wood while women and children, their first hunger satisfied, scattered into the fields.

The boy yelped in alarm, and he and the other children scattered like so many frightened wild things.

With one hand the child ripped books from their places and scattered them through the air, yellowed pages flying, bindings breaking.

The way the children had scattered, despite the fact that they could have taken her by virtue of their sheer numbers, gave her confidence.

The children scattered and Andrew came back into the hall.

As the Hanukkah celebration ended, the children scattered slowly.

The organ grinder leaves and the children scatter, terrified by what they have just overheard.

Instantly, the children scattered and the soldiers went after them.

Screaming and waving their arms as if warding off a predator, the children scattered in every direction.