A central theme of the story is “If people are not too focused on what they think they want, they can find unexpected surprises.” Which sentence from the story develops
this theme?
A “Into the mountains he followed the tracks of the elk, who remained always just out
of sight, so that the hunter never caught a glimpse of him.”
B “The more he listened, the more he heard, until he realized that he was hearing a
sound he had never heard before.”
C “When the hunter awoke with the sun, he looked up and saw wagnuka, the
redheaded woodpecker, on a branch of the tree under which he had slept.”
D “Again the hunter heard the lovely, strange sound of the night before, and he took
up his bow and quiver and followed the woodpecker from tree to tree through the
forest until the bird came to a great cedar.”
E “So the hunter returned to his village with no elk meat, but instead with the first
flute: a gift of the tree, of the wind, of the bird, and of one who had learned how
to listen.”