My first time on horseback was embarrassing. I had never been on horse in my life, but / was afraid
to admit it. That's probably where my trouble started. When I lifted my foot to put it into the stirrup,
my friend Sally laughed. "Use the other foot, silly, " she said. Blushing beet red, I laughed too. / used
the other foot. Then it took me about 10 minutes to swing up into the saddle. The horse kept moving
and I scampered along on one foot while Sally giggled. Finally mounted, ( looked down. I felt as if l
were sitting on a mountain! Fortunately, Sally had chosen a gentle mare for me. ( realize now she
wasn't fooled. She knew I didn't know the first thing about riding. She really is a good friend. After a
while, I learned to relax a little. I was actually riding a horse and it was fun. even learned how to use
the reins to guide the horse to the left and to the right.
2. Why did the narrator of the story state that Sally was a good friend?

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. there was a moment, in time, and in this place, when my brother, or my mother, or my father, or my sister, had to convey to me, for example, the danger in which i was standing from the white man standing just behind me, and to convey this with a speed, and in a language, that the white man could not possibly understand, and that, indeed, he cannot understand, until today. he cannot afford to understand it. this understanding would reveal to him too much about himself, and smash that mirror before which he has been frozen for so long. this excerpt from "if black english isn't a language, then tell me, what is? " is significant because -select all that apply- hughes imagines himself as a black slave. hughes uses black english to emphasize his argument. hughes uses a historical example to explain the origins of language. hughes explains the significance that black english holds for white people.