The long line of cars grumbled with their horns

Leslie would probably have come with us if she didn’t work all summer. which is the verb phrase?

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?

What is the author purpose for including this portion of how to eat an live cream cone