How do “A psalm of life” and “Auspex”differ in how they describe the concept of time?

The dogs created when they pulled the christmas tree down and started eating the candy canes.

Based on this excerpt the authors are mostly likely to attempt to answer which question?

Aman lives on the twelfth floor of an apartment building. every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. in the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator -- or if it was raining that day -- he goes back to his floor directly. otherwise, he goes to the tenth floor and walks up two flights of stairs to his apartment.