Another and another fell from the heat. Toby was there. He cried out to the fallen and reached his arms out to
them. "Kum kunka yali, kum... tambe!" Whispers and sighs. And they too rose on the air. They rode the hot
breezes. The ones flyin were black and shinin sticks, wheelin above the head of the Overseer. They crossed
the rows, the fields, the fences, the streams, and were away. Mark this and return Based on the clues in the excerpt, the phrakunka yali, kum... tambe!" is most likely
a. a curse to block out the sun.
b. a phrase to give people courage.
c. a cry for mercy from the Overseer.
d. a magic phrase that makes people