Question

PLZZZZZ HELPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read this excerpt from "Birdfoot's Grampa.”

But, leathery hands full
of wet brown life,
knee deep in the summer
roadside grass,
he just smiled and said
they have places to go to
too.

Why does the author use the words "wet brown life” in this excerpt?

to show that the grass is still alive and growing
to indicate that the mud is all over everything
to signify how wet the night has become
to point out that the toads are living things

Answer 1

To indicate that mud is all over everything

Answer 2

to point out that toads are living things

Step-by-step explanation:

his hands where full of toads and he says "life"