Cerpt from "The Crab That Played with the
Sea."
Then the little girl-daughter put up her little soft brown
arms with the beautiful white shell bracelets and said, 'O
Eldest Magician! when my father here talked to you at
the Very Beginning, and I leaned upon his shoulder while
the beasts were being taught their plays, one beast went
away naughtily into the Sea before you had taught him
his play.
And the Eldest Magician said, 'How wise are little
children who see and are silent! What was the beast
like?'
And the little girl-daughter said, 'He was round and he
was flat, and his eyes grew upon stalks; and he walked
sideways like this; and he was covered with strong
armour upon his back."
Which group of sentences from the excerpt best
demonstrates the author's reason for writing?
"And the Eldest Magician said, 'How wise are little
children who see and are silent! What was the beast
like?' And the little girl-daughter said, 'He was round
and he was flat; and his eyes grew upon stalks; and
he walked sideways like this; and he was covered
with strong armour upon his back." "And the Eldest
Magician said, 'How wise are little children who speak
truth! Now I know where Pau Amma went. Give me
the paddle!"
"So he took the paddle; but there was no need to
paddle, for the water flowed steadily past all the
islands till they came to the place called Pusat Tasek
the Heart of the Sea-where the great hollow is that
leads down to the heart of the world, and in that hollow
grows the Wonderful Tree, Pauh Janggi, that bears