Both the fictional and nonfictional texts in The People Could Fly show that
O enslaved people often needed help from others to become free,
O enslaved people often felt frightened about escaping from slavery.
the Underground Railroad helped many people gain their freedom.
the Underground Railroad was too dangerous to be widely used.

That alligator hungry. vittles very scarce that time a season. his belly be pinchin him hard, now. but bruh deer is fat, and so he is in heavy trouble. the alligator there in front of him. the beagles there behind him. what bruh deer gone do? he sees the alligator and he hears the beagles. how does the author readers understand what the word pinchin means?