Read this excerpt from "The Beautiful Girl of the Moon Tower” in The People Could Fly

"Ai, ai! Make of me an ant
That goes where nobody knows."
The ant went under the father's bed.
The girl came there to her father. She asked him, "My father, where is your life?"
Her father said, "Why do you ask me? It is for some bedevilment."
"No, I only want to know," she said.
"Well," he said to her, "my life is inside the belly of a hog in my garden. Inside the hog's belly is an egg. Inside the egg is my life."
The ant that was Anton had been listening, and he said,
"Ai, ai! Make of me a boy."
How does Manuel behave similarly in "Manuel Had a Riddle”?

Manuel hides from his enemies to discover their intentions.

Manuel tricks his enemies with magic and cunning.

Manuel defeats his enemies by destroying their lives.

Manuel becomes friends with his enemy’s daughter

What is the most reliable method of research in lexicographery

“to build a fire” what does the man realize as he’s trying to light the matches? what difficulty occurs when the man finally lights all of his matches at once?

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the crowd begins to disperse just before the first martian exits the cylinder. when i returned to the common the sun was setting. scattered groups were hurrying from the direction of woking, and one or two persons were returning. the crowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky—a couple of hundred people, perhaps. there were raised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on about the pit. strange imaginings passed through my mind. as i drew nearer i heard stent's voice: "keep back! keep back! "a boy came running towards me."it's a-movin'," he said to me as he passed; 'a-screwin' and a-screwin' out. i don't like it. i'm a-goin' 'ome, i am."what options accurately depict the impact of the boy's words on pacing within the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe setting is in england, so the boy's words provide the reader with the dialect of the area. even though that slows down the plot, the boy's words contain important information. the plot's forward movement is slow at the beginning of the excerpt because there is little action. the boy's words increase the tension and counteract that lag. the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward. the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away. the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward. wrong? the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.