Answer:
The details from the excerpt that best support the conclusion that the narrator is speaking directly to a child are:
* the repetition of words and patterns
* the description of how geographical features were made
Step-by-step explanation:
This excerpt from "The Crab That Played with the Sea.” by Reudyard Kipling has the literary structure of fairy tales that are meant to be tell to kids, the repetition of words and patterns makes the story have a rhythm that is easy to understand for a child, as well as the use of metaphor to describe the creation of geographical places.