Answer:
Samneric believe they've seen the beast.... that they've seen it claws, teeth and all..... and that it followed them as they ran away.
Explanation:
They see a fallen parachuter but they let their imaginations get the better of them. They think it is a beast becasue they can see the flapping of the parachute in the wind.
I think its either correcting mistakes in capitalization and spelling or deleting paragraphs that do not match the topic
Answer:
A hint the author gives to help you find a difficult word in a text
