Read the excerpt from "The People Could Fly.”They say the people could fly. Say that long ago in Africa, some of the people knew magic. And they would walk up on the air like climbin up on a gate. And they flew like blackbirds over the fields. Black, shiny wings flappin against the blue up there.

The description of people flying like blackbirds over fields, with shiny wings against a blue sky, creates a calm, open, and beautiful scene. Nothing in the excerpt suggests wind, rain, humidity, or fear, so “clear and peaceful” is the best choice.

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