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Both the poem and the story is expressing how humans impact nature and how we feel about it. In Cervantes's poem, the theme is humans destroy things for no reason but for our own personal gain. In Hurd's story, the theme is we are as insignificant to nature as it is to us.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
A. Somber/Sadness
Explanation:
The sigh implies this answer, and excitement and anger do not make sense in this context.
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Answer:
c. costs costing a lot nowadays 
 
        
             
        
        
        
False. It was a lot of hard work.