Read the excerpt from "The People Could Fly.”

Sarah couldn’t stand up straight any longer. She was too weak. The sun burned her face. The babe cried and cried, "Pity me, oh, pity me,” say it sounded like. Sarah was so sad and starvin, she sat down in the row.

The details in this excerpt show readers that the scene is

cold and quiet.
stormy and wild.
damp and dark.
hot and tragic.