Reread the first paragraph from the story, "The Man in the Well." then respond to the following question:
I was nine when I discovered the man in the well in an abandoned farm-lot near my home. I was with a group of friends, playing hide and go seek or something when I found the well, and then I heard the voice of the man in the well calling out for help. I think it's important that we decided not to help him. Everyone, like myself, was probably on the verge of fetching a rope, or asking where we could find a ladder, but then we looked around at each other and it was decided. I don't remember if we told ourselves a reason why we couldn't help him, but we had decided then. Because of this, I never went very close to the lip of the well, or I only came up on my hands and knees, so that he couldn't see me; and just as we wouldn't allow him to see us, I know that none of us ever saw the man in the well - the well was too dark for that, too deep, even when the sun was high up, angling light down the stone sides like golden hair.
In the passage, the narrator tells us that when the kids find a man in the well, they...
which one is right
• go find an adult who can help.
• leave him to play hide and seek.
• find a rope to throw down to him.
• decide not to go for help.
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