She thought it was a real horse, but when she got closer to the barn she could see it was a phony.

which word makes this statement into a pun?

horse
closer
barn
phony

"night. no one was praying for the night to pass quickly. the stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. were this conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and unseeing eyes." explain the images included in the passage. how is the use of the image of night contradictory to how we might expect it to be used