Read this excerpt from "wiley, his mama, and the hairy man” in the people could fly

the hairy man . . hollered loud. "from now on, all the rope in this county has gone and disappeared! ”

. . "heah-aaah, dogs! ” [wiley] hollered . . the rope that had tied up his dogs was gone, too. and the dogs came and the hairy man lit out through the swamp one more time.

which statement best describes the characters in this excerpt?

the protagonist brags about himself.
the protagonist tricks the antagonist.
the antagonist is more clever than the protagonist.
the antagonist beats the protagonist in a contest of wits.