How does peter feel when luath and tao appear on the trail near the summer cottage but budger does not? a. peter is confused because he knows that luath and tao would never leave budger behind. b. peter is angry that everyone else is happy but uncaring about his lost dog. c. peter is somewhat happy but mostly sad because he believes budger has died. d. peter is thrilled because he knows that budger cannot be far behind.

Answer :

The following two paragraphs from the book "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford describes Peter's reaction when Luath and Tao appear on the trail near the summer cottage but Budger does not :

"Then, suddenly--as though the same thought had struck them all simultaneously--there was silence. No one dared to look at Peter. He was standing aside, aimlessly cracking a twig over and over again until it became a limp ribbon in his hands. He had not touched Luath, and turned away now, when the dog at last came over including him in an almost human round of greeting.

"I'm glad he's back, Dad," was all he said. "And your old Taocat, too!" he added to Elizabeth, with a difficult smile. Elizabeth, the factual, the matter-of-fact, burst into tears. Peter scratched Tao behind the ears, awkward, embarrassed. "I didn't expect anything else--I told you that. I tell you what," the boy continued, with a desperate cheerfulness, avoiding the eyes of his family, "You go on down--I'll catch up with you later. I want to go back to the Lookout and see if I can get a decent picture of that whisky-jack." There will never be a more blurred picture of a whiskey-jack, said Uncle John grimly to himself. On an impulse he spoke aloud."

It is clear from the paragraph that "C. Peter is somewhat happy but mostly sad because he believes Budger has died. "

the words "strangest" and "unusual" suggest (: