In "The Gold-Legged Frog," the story opens: "The sun blazed as if determined to crisp every living thing in the broad fields." Which mood do these words create?

Khamsing Srinawk writes: "He recalled the old people had told him this was the portent of drought, want, disaster and death, and he was afraid." Match tone with mood.

"He looked at the soles of his feet blistered from the burning sandy ground and became indescribably angry." What is Nark's attitude toward the weather here?

The children shout in the field: "Pa, here's another one. Pa, this crack has two. Gold-legged ones! Hurry, Pa." Which mood do these cries create?

Moments later comes "the trembling cry of his boy, 'Pa, a snake, a snake bit my hand.'" How does this cry change the mood of the scene?

A neighbor urges Nark: "Go, you fool. It's two hundred baht they're giving. You've never had that much in your life-time. Two hundred!" Match tone with mood.

Nark answers: "Can't you see my boy's gasping out his life? How can I go?" What is his tone in this reply?

Another villager says: "Jail. If you don't go, you simply go to jail. Whoever disobeyed the authorities? If they decided to give, you have to take, if not, jail." What is his tone?

"'You go. Don't go against the government. We're subjects.' He turned to find the village chief standing grimly at his side. His voice dried up immediately." Which mood is created?

"The deputy district officer raised his fat face to stare at him... 'Idiot, don't you have eyes to see people are working. Get out and wait outside.'" Match tone with mood.

The narrator says the officer "strode from the office but had the kindness to say a few words: 'It's noon already. Time for a break. Come back at one o'clock.'" What does "kindness" show?

"The official continued to write as if there were no groups of peasants waiting anxiously." Match the official's tone with the mood these words create.

Nark thinks: "All one does is suffer, born a rice farmer and a subject. Poor and helpless, one's mouth stained from eating roots when the rice has run out." Match tone with mood.

After Nark explains his family size, the deputy officer says: "Bah! This joker uses his wife for a blanket." What is the officer's tone?

Nark tells the officials he is too poor to buy a blanket. Khamsing writes, "Instead of laughter, dead silence." Which mood do these words create?

Near the end: "The wind gusted again... The spears of sunlight still dazzled him. The whirlwind still hummed in the middle of the empty ricefield ahead." Match tone with mood.

Villagers greet Nark: "You sure are lucky." The words "raised his spirits," and he smiles, asking "How was I lucky, how?" Match Nark's tone with the reader's mood.

The story closes: "What luck! You sure have good luck, Nark. One more day and you'd have been out by two hundred baht." Why is the word "luck" ironic here?

"At home, the father summoned all the faith-healers and herbalists whose names he could think of and the turmoil began." Which mood do these words create?

Across "The Gold-Legged Frog," what attitude does Khamsing Srinawk take toward the district officials?