One winter there was a freezing rain. How beautiful! People said when things outside started to shine with ice. But the freezing rain kept coming. Tree branches glistened like glass. Then broke like glass. Ice thickened on the windows until everything outside blurred. Farmers moved their livestock into the barns, and most animals were safe. But not the pheasants. Their eyes froze shut. This description in the paragraph –

2 and 4
1.establishes the carefree tone of the passage

2. foreshadows the pheasants’ eventual death

3. reveals a fierce conflict between groups of people

4. presents a contrast between beauty and danger