Read this excerpt from The People Could Fly "Goodie-bye!" The old man called Toby spoke to them, poor souls! And he was flyin gone. So they say. The Overseer told it. The one called Master said it was a lie, a trick of the light. The Driver kept his mouth shut. Which element of folktale is included in this excerpt? It has one version and is recounted the same way every time. It has different versions, depending on the storyteller. It is a story that relates to real historical events. It is passed down to generations through the written word.