“ with no rain , the sun rose angry in the sky each morning and showed no mercy on the seedlings the had survived.By February ,the stalks were wilted and bent toward the ground.By May, half of our crop was scorched.The plants the remained were only as high and my father’s chest. If you took one of the leaves in your hand , it would crumble to dust. Which phrase from the excerpt best helps the reader to understand the meaning of scorched? A “stalks were wilted”. B “ bent toward the ground”. C “ as high and my father’s chest”. D “ crumble to dust”