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I had seen the Magic Shop from afar several times; I had passed it once or twice, a shop window of alluring little objects, magic balls, magic hens, wonderful cones, ventriloquist dolls, the material of the basket trick, packs of cards that looked all right, and all that sort of thing, but never had I thought of going in until one day, almost without warning, Gip hauled me by my finger right up to the window, and so conducted himself that there was nothing for it but to take him in. I had not thought the place was there, to tell the truth—a modest-sized frontage in Regent Street, between the picture shop and the place where the chicks run about just out of patent incubators, but there it was sure enough. I had fancied it was down nearer the Circus, or round the corner in Oxford Street, or even in Holborn; always over the way and a little inaccessible it had been, with something of the mirage in its position; but here it was now quite indisputably, and the fat end of Gip's pointing finger made a noise upon the glass.

"If I was rich," said Gip, dabbing a finger at the Disappearing Egg, "I'd buy myself that. And that"—which was The Crying Baby, Very Human—and that," which was a mystery, and called, so a neat card asserted, "Buy One and Astonish Your Friends."
"Anything," said Gip, "will disappear under one of those cones. I have read about it in a book.
"And there, daddy, is the Vanishing Halfpenny—only they've put it this way up so's we can't see how it's done."
Gip, dear boy, inherits his mother's breeding, and he did not propose to enter the shop or worry in any way; only, you know, quite unconsciously he lugged my finger doorward, and he made his interest clear.
adapted from "The Magic Shop" by H. G. Wells
How would the passage be different if it was told from Gip's point of view?
A. The audience would know that the father hates magic.
B. The story would take place in school instead of the magic store.
C. The narrator would talk to the audience using words like "you".
D. The audience would be able to tell how excited he is to be in the store.

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Final answer:

The narrative would focus on Gip's feelings of excitement and wonder, providing a more direct and possibly more imaginative perspective on the magic shop.

Step-by-step explanation:

If the passage from "The Magic Shop" by H.G. Wells was told from Gip's point of view, the audience would have a different insight into the emotions and thoughts of the child as he encounters the magic shop. Option D states that the audience would be able to tell how excited he is to be in the store, and this would likely be the most significant difference in the narrative. Instead of observing Gip's actions through the father's perspective, the audience would experience the magic store directly through Gip's eyes, which would include his thoughts, feelings of wonder and excitement, and likely a more whimsical and imaginative interpretation of the magical objects.

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