12 There was no question that they would camp by the glittering stream, the bonfire blazing late into the ni as the siblings imagined offering their family all the ease and luxury that gold could buy.But somehow t delightful dreams transformed into nightmares overnight, and in the morning they awakened burdened sober regret. Yes, it would be the easiest thing in the world to collect as much gold as they could carry an hustle away to create a new life. "And then what?" asked Anna,although she'd already divined Jack and Samuel's thoughts. 13 If they snatched up the gold, they'd auction the nuggets to the highest bidders, which would inspire hord fortune-hunters to swarm Ghost Canyon. Outposts would spring up, along with boardinghouses, stores, t depots, railroads. The narrow winding path into the canyon would be trampled into a thoroughfare. Perha the wolves' howling meant more than they'd thought. 14 The trio hurriedly filled in hoofprints at the edge of the stream with mud and then covered their tracks wit leaves. It would be an arduous journey home.but they knew they would be welcomed with love and warm despite not having accomplished what they set out to do. They would tell tales of the escaped calf and the cattle drive, of the nights under the starry skies and of the best fiddle-playing west of the Mississippi. The secret of the glittering stream flowing through Ghost Canyon would be the story they would never tell, because they'd earned some glimmering understanding that wealth was more than a handful of gold.And they would somehow together find a way forward for their family, just as they'd found their way to Ghost Canyon. What are two purposes served by the flashback in paragraph 2? A to reinforce the fear the characters feel B to explain the characters' motives for their journey C to describe the climate change where the characters live D to foreshadow the difficulty the characters will have getting along with each other E to build suspense about whether the characters will be able to help their family