Excerpt from the first tears — based on an inuit folktale elizabeth kibler suddenly, amak espied a large group of seals lying beside the ocean. the man was gleeful at the sight of mammoth, brown seals—surely he could take one of these large animals home for dinner! in the third paragraph the word espied means a) bumped. b) heard. c) noticed. d) caught.

The correct answer is C. "Espied" literally means "to catch sight of." If you're not sure of the definition, you can find the correct answer with context clues. The second sentence says "The man was gleeful at the sight...," which tells us that the answer is linked to seeing the seals.There is no evidence that he touched (bumped), heard, or caught the seals.

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