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Read the excerpt from The Land.

Willie Thomas now looked at my daddy. "Muscle all torn up on this leg here," he said, moving toward the stallion’s right foreleg. "Don’t know if it’ll heal or not. Now, I can tend t’ it, but I can’t go lyin’ and sayin’ it’ll heal like it’s s’pose t’."

"What else?" demanded my daddy, glancing at the scratches.

Willie Thomas followed his look. "Well, them there, they’ll heal all right. It’s jus’ that leg I ain’t so sure of." He turned to my daddy. "It’s my boy Mitchell done this, Mister Edward, and I know there ain’t no way t’ make it up t’ ya if this here horse don’t heal right, but I jus’ ’bout t’ put a strap t’ Mitchell my own self ’bout what he done."

What is Willie’s viewpoint in this excerpt?

He thinks that Mister Edward made a mistake by allowing Paul to ride Ghost Wind.
He believes that Mister Edward is too demanding when it comes to his horses.
He worries that he will be blamed if Ghost Wind does not get well.
He thinks that he needs to do what he can to protect Mitchell from Mister Edward.

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Answer: He worries that he will be blamed if Ghost Wind does not get well

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Willie’s viewpoint in this excerpt is that "He worries that he will be blamed if Ghost Wind does not get well".

In the excerpt, Willie explained that he's worried that the stallion’s right foreleg may not heal. He was worried that he'll be blamed and if the horse doesn't get better and further stated that it was the fault of his son and that he'll be dealt severely with if the horse doesn't heal.

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