Reading literacy text unit test use a paragraph to answer the question the poor horse was very melancholy and wandered up and down in the wood seeking some Little shelter from the cold wind and rain presently a fox met him what's the matter my friend he said why do you hang down your head and looks so lonely and whoa which idea is stated explicitly in the text the horse feels sad about his current situation the fox is trying to trick the horse the horse believes he has a chance to return to his master at the farmer was sad to let his horse go