Excerpt from: that old straw sojourner david matherne it saw with lucid eyes inhuman, divine the tired man grew older, while his boy grew wise. some said, ‘so tragic,’ the son said, ‘fate’ when the lightning left a char on the elder’s pate 15 and they both did loving before too late. that special bequest. so he wore his farming father’s dingy hat every day, hoping it would make him like his only hero in that way. so the hat went to school, 20 then it kept him somewhat cool as he worked the plow and mule like his fallen father had. use the strategy of context clues to determine the best definition for pate in line (15). a) bedside b) dinner c) head d) mule