Answer:
amusement
Explanation:
Hello. You did not inform the text to which this question refers, however, by the context, we can consider that you are referring to "Long Way Gon" written by Ishmael Beah, where he tells about the experiences he had, after his village was attacked and he became a soldier, at the age of twelve, in the war in Sierra Leone.
The question refers to the moment when Ishmael and other boys are captured by fishermen from another village, the fishermen take the boys to the chief of the village so that he can decide what their fate will be. The chief decides that they would be thrown into the sea to drown, but he is curious about the tape player Ishmael has in his pocket. For this reason, before throwing it overboard, the chef asks him to play music and dance, for fun. Ishmael did as he was asked and his dance made the chief realize that he and the other boys are harmless and so they could leave without being killed.
