Which best describes the similarities between these excerpts?

Read this excerpt from "birdfoot's grampa.” but, leathery hands full of wet brown life, knee deep in the summer roadside grass, he just smiled and said they have places to go to too. what is the "wet brown life” in this excerpt? a the grass b the toads c the mud d the rain

The missionaries who appear in the novel are colonists from britain portugal spain italy

If you receive an email then this doesn’t apply what does this mean?