Answer:
The message that the narrator of "The Hike" and the speaker in "To the Dust of the Road" are trying to convey is:
There are many strange events that human beings encounter in life that cannot be explained fully.
Step-by-step explanation:
Drew Magary's "The Hike" (2016) is a fantasy fiction narrating how a traveler was lost in a strange land like Alice in Wonderland and must follow a specified path to return to his home. Otherwise, the traveler remains lost forever. W.S. Merwin's "To the Dust of the Road" is a poem that also conveys strange encounters in life that cannot be understood by the traveler.