Select the correct text in the passage. Which sentence in this excerpt from Jack London's To Build a Fire" best shows that the main character regrets his foolish decision to take risks
and Ignore what others have told him?
The old-timer on Sulphur Creek had told him about it the previous fall, and now he was appredating the advice. Already all sensation had gone
out of his feet. To build the fire he had been forced to remove his mittens, and the fingers had quickly gone numb. His pace of four miles an
hour had kept his heart pumping blood to the surface of his body and to all the extremities. But the instant he stopped, the action of the pump
eased down. The cold of space smote the unprotected tip of the planet, and he, being on that unprotected tip, received the full force of the blow.
The blood of his body recoiled before it The blood was alive, like the dog and like the dog it wanted to hide away and cover itself up from the
fearful cold. So long as he walked four miles an hour, he pumped that blood, willy-tilly, to the surface, but now it ebbed away and sank down
Into the recesses of his body. The extremities were the first to feel its absence. His wet feet froze the faster, and his exposed fingers numbed the
faster, though they had not yet begun to freeze. Nose and cheeks were already freezing while the skin of all his body chilled as it lost its blood.

What theme is the main theme of this excerpt from the metal pig by hans christian andersen? in the garden of the grand duke's palace under the roof of one of the wings were a thousand roses bloom in winter, a little ragged boy had been sitting the whole day long. the boy might serve as a type of italy lovely and smiling and yet suffering. he was hungry and thirsty but no one gave him anything and when it became dark and they were about to close the gardens, the porter turned him out. a long time he stood musing on the bridge which crosses the arno and looking at the glittering stars that were reflected in the water which flowed between him and the wonderful marble bridge trinita. he then walked away towards the metal pig, half note down, clasped it with his arms, and, putting his mouth to the shining snout, drink deep droughts of the fresh water. close-by lay a few salad leaves into chestnuts, which register for his supper. no one was in the street but himself. it belonged only to him. he boldly seated himself on the pig's back, leaned forward so that his curly head could rest on the head of the animal, and, before he was aware, fell asleep. it was midnight. the metal pig raised himself gently, and the boy heard him say quite distinctly, hold tight little boy, for i am going to run, and way he started for most wonderful ride first they arrived at the p as the del granduca and the metal horse which bears the dukes statue made allowed