Read the Excerpt from “Little Cricket” and then respond to the following question: Read lines 5 through 8 of “Excerpt from Little Cricket.”

And it seemed, in this land of so much, there was no silence to be found. Each night Grandfather said his ears were tired of the new sounds. Even the air smelled noisy, full of unfamiliar smells drifting out of doorways and lingering in the cold.

How do the word choices in these lines affect the mood of the story? Use two details from the story to support your response.