Motherlode

     The tone in the beginning of the story sounded pretty much casual because David was going about his day getting ready and energized for his new day of work, which had to do with cattle breeding. Then this stranger follows him and David does not seem scared at all in this situation and I think it probably has to do with the way Ray, the stranger was threatening him. He wasn't really threatening him; only with his gun, other than that it was a moment to think of as being somewhat funny because Ray did not sound threatening and even though he wasn't trying to sound funny he did sound kind of silly. And the way David was handling this situation made things seem more calmer.