If this is the missing excerpt:
"But by and by sure enough I catched a glimpse of fire away through the trees i went for it cautious and slow by and by i was close enough to have a look and there laid a man on the ground it most give me the fantods he had a blanket around his head was nearly in the fire" - <span>from chapter 8 of the adventures of huckleberry finn
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The fantods means CONCERN.
He is concerned because he saw a man whose head is surrounded by a blanket and is very near the fire.
The correct answer is the second one; an older man with a staff in the shape
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of a serpent.
This serpent makes an impression of being almost alive. Goodman is offered this staff, but refuses. </span>
It is likely that Tom picks Myrtle because he thinks she will be an easy woman to control. She is not wealthy, powerful, or socially connected, so she doesn't pose much of a threat to him. Myrtle also readily accepts Tom's fabricated story about being unable to divorce Daisy because "she's a Catholic."
Answer: Famished (happy to help)
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