Mood Shift Analysis Read paragraphs 15. Then, answer the following questions.
"Before you take me up to bed, will you tell me a story?"
"Do you actually need me to take you up to bed?" I asked the boy.
He thought for a moment. Then, with intense seriousness, "Yes, actually I think you do. It's because
of, I've finished my homework, and so it's my bedtime, and I am a bit scared. Not very scared. Just a
bit. But it is a very big house, and lots of times the lights don't work and it's a sort of dark."
I reached over and tousled' his hạir.
"I can understand that,” I said. "It is a very big old house." He nodded. We were in the kitchen,
where it was light and warm. I put down my magazine on the kitchen table. "What kind of story
would you like me to tell you?"
1. What mood does this setting create?
2. Which details help create mood?