4. which lines from "in just--" best support the conclusion that the children are happy to see the balloonman?
a. luscious the little/ lame balloonman/ whistles far and wee
b. and eddie and bill come/ running from marbles and/ piracies and it's
c. spring/ when the world is puddle-wonderful
d. it's/ spring/ and/ the/ goat-footed/ balloonman whistles

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?