Well, when Wiley got himself home, safe, he told his mama that the Hairy Man had almost got him that time. Hairy Man would have, too, but that he pretended to pray and called his hounds instead and the hounds run the Hairy Man off. "Did he have his sack?" his mama asked Wiley. "Yesum," Wiley said. "Next time he come after you, don't you climb some tree," said his mama. What theme is suggested by this excerpt?

Read this excerpt from "Wiley, His Mama, and the Hairy Man" in The People Could Fly

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Well, when Wiley got himself home, safe, he told his mama that the Hairy Man had almost gotten

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would have, too, but that he pretended to pray and called his hounds instead and the hounds run the Hagy Man off

"Did he have his sack?" his mama asked Wiley.

"Yesum," Wiley said.

"Next time he come after you, don't you climb some tree," said his mama

What theme is suggested by this excerpt?

Refusing to fight solves problems

It is better to hide from a problem than to face it directly

Always stick to the first plan you make to solve a problem.

It is important to listen to others' advice

It is important to listen to others' advice

Explanation:

From the excerpt "Wiley, His Mama And The Hairy Man", the story is told of a boy Wiley who lived with his mother in a swamp and was constantly tormented by a monster called Hairy Man who also lives in the swamp with them.

The monster, Hairy Man wants to attack and probably eat Wiley who needs advice from his mother after he was attacked and she told him not to climb some tree if he the monster has his sack with him, which reflects the theme that it is important to listen to others advice.

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