Answer:
<h2>
<u>1ST STORY</u></h2>
1.Negative message: Inflicting any kind of harm on others will come with consequences.
2. Positive message: Any act of kindness can lead with a great reward.
<h2>
<u>2ND STORY</u></h2>
1. Negative message: Don't shame yourselves of how you look, it's how you act.
2. Positive message: No matter how you look your personality always shows who you are.
Explanation:
<h2><u>
1ST STORY</u></h2>
1.The negative message on the first story is that inflicting any kind of harm on others will come with consequences.
2.The positive message on the first story is that Any act of kindness can lead with a great reward.
<h2><u>
2ND STORY</u></h2>
1.Negative message: Don't shame yourselves of how you look, its how you act.
2.Positive message: No matter how you look your personality always shows who you are.
In the excerpt the possible evidences would be:
1. <span>Some wounded thing, by the evidence a large animal, had thrashed about in the underbrush;
the jungle weeds were crushed down and the moss was lacerated; one patch of weeds was stained crimson
2. A small, glittering object not far away caught Rainsford's eye and he picked it up. It was an empty cartridge.</span>
I would have to go with D.Old age slows even the most productive and hard-working people.