Question

Tracking was Paul's favorite sport and no trail was too old or too dim for him to follow. He once came across the skeleton of a moose that had died of old age and, just for curiosity, picked up the tracks of the animal and spent the whole afternoon following its trail back to the place where it was born.

—The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan,
W.B. Laughead

Based on the folktale, the people who told this story probably thought that
was very important.

Answer 1

Based on the folktale, the people who told this story probably thought that tracking and following trails were very important.