Read these paragraphs from the story. i told him of my morning’s work. i took the sketch from my pocket and showed it to him. as he looked, the expression of his face altered until it became more and more like that of the man i had drawn. “and it was only the day before yesterday,” he said, “that i told maria there were no such things as ghosts! ” neither of us had seen a ghost, but i knew what he meant. what does this interaction between the two men reveal about mr. atkinson? mr. atkinson is shocked by the picture and believes james is trying to scare him. mr. atkinson is suspicious of james and wonders why the man came to his place of business. mr. atkinson is surprised by the picture james shows him and thinks something otherworldly is at work. mr. atkinson is disturbed by his appearance in the picture and tries to make a joke about it.

Read this excerpt from "birdfoot's grampa.” but, leathery hands full of wet brown life, knee deep in the summer roadside grass, he just smiled and said they have places to go to too. why does the author use the words "wet brown life” in this excerpt? a to show that the grass is still alive and growing b to indicate that the mud is all over everything c to signify how wet the night has become d to point out that the toads are living things

In 1808, their friend, the romantic poet clemens brentano, asked them to collect all types of folk tales so he could use them in a book of literary fairy tales. in 1810, they sent him fifty-four texts, which they fortunately copied. fortunately, because brentano then lost the manuscript in the ölenberg monastery in alsace and never used the grimms’ texts. when they realized that brentano was not going to use the tales, they decided, upon the advice of another romantic writer and mutual friend, achim von arnim, to publish their collection. it had grown to eighty-six tales, which they published in 1812, and then another seventy, which they published in 1815. –“how the grimm brothers saved the fairy tale,” jack zipes what structural technique does the writer use in this passage? the writer describes events in chronological order. the writer describes events in their order of importance. the writer provides a central idea and then lists examples. the writer shows how the grimms made mistakes and then solved them.

The room was gaudy with its leather couch and purple walls