Read the excerpt from "The Legacy of Billy Mason.""I told you I should have stayed home!" Billy protested plaintively. "I'm missing the first game of the playoffs, and my team really needs me!" "I understand—" began his father."No, you don't understand," said Billy, "because you never cared about anything like I care about baseball, not in your whole life."
Read the excerpt from "The Legacy of Billy Mason.""I told you I should have stayed home!" Billy protested plaintively. "I'm missing the first game of the playoffs, and my team really needs me!""I understand—" began his father."No, you don't understand," said Billy, "because you never cared about anything like I care about baseball, not in your whole life."
Read the excerpt from "The Legacy of Billy Mason.""Billy Mason Farrell," his father had said, "I want you to listen to me. We need you to stay at Grandma M's tonight. I know how you feel about her, and I’m not saying you’re wrong, but there isn’t enough room for all of us here at the main farm house.""I told you I should have stayed home!" Billy protested plaintively. "I'm missing the first game of the playoffs, and my team really needs me!""I understand—" began his father."No, you don’t understand," said Billy, "because you never cared about anything like I care about baseball, not in your whole life.""I'm not going to argue with you," said his father. "My family lives on this farm, we come out here for one week every summer, and Grandma M needs to be included in this visit. I want you to take one for the team."
Read the excerpt from "The Legacy of Billy Mason."Billy closed his eyes, hoping against hope that the name would go away, but when he opened them, it was still there: Billy Mason. Not Billy Mason Farrell, just Billy Mason."What?" he tried to scream, overcome by fear, but no sound came out. "What do you want?" he finally whispered, but no one answered.Hours later, after Billy had drifted in and out of sleep all night, he woke up. The door across the landing was still open. A soft light filled the room and, once more, he saw his name. It was not a figment of his imagination; his name was painted in gold on the cover of a book.
Which excerpt is the best example of suspense in "The Coyote and the Bear"?
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