Read this excerpt from "Birdfoot's Grampa."

The rain was falling

a mist about his white hair

and I kept saying

you can't save them all,

accept it, get back in

we've got places to go.

Based on the excerpt, what is a reader most likely to infer about the toads?

There are only a few toads.

There are many toads.

The toads are inside the car.

The toads are dying.

Birdfoot's Grampa by Joseph Bruchac tells about the Grampa who considers every life on earth important. Showing such an act of kindness by saving a toad, it depicts the theme to live selflessly.

In the above excerpt, the narrator asks his Grampa to stop saving toads as he won't be able to save them all and they have "got places to go". From this excerpt, the reader is most likely to infer that there are many toads.