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He didn't answer, so I placed my hand on his forehead and lifted his head. Limply, he fell backwards onto the earth. He had been bleeding from the mouth, and his neck and the front of his shirt were stained in brilliant red.
"Doodle! Doodle!" I cried, shaking him, but there was no answer but the ropy rain. He lay very awkwardly, with his head thrown far back, making his vermillion neck appear unusually long and slim. His little legs, bent sharply at the knees, had never before seemed so fragile, so thin.
–“The Scarlet Ibis,”
James Hurst
Compare the imagery used to describe the ibis in the first page to the imagery used to describe Doodle in the second. How are Doodle and the bird similar? Check all that apply.
Both fall.
Both are out in the rain.
Both are in an awkward position.
Both have a long, slim neck.
Both are described using the color red.
