Question

Read the passage from "The Crab That Played with the Sea.”

‘Ah!’ said the Eldest Magician. ‘Now I know who has been playing with the Sea;’ and he called out, ‘What are you doing, Pau Amma?’

And Pau Amma, deep down below, answered, ‘Once a day and once a night I go out to look for my food. Once a day and once a night I return. Leave me alone.’

Then the Eldest Magician said, ‘Listen, Pau Amma. When you go out from your cave the waters of the Sea pour down into Pusat Tasek, and all the beaches of all the islands are left bare, and the little fish die, and Raja Moyang Kaban, the King of the Elephants, his legs are made muddy. When you come back and sit in Pusat Tasek, the waters of the Sea rise, and half the little islands are drowned, and the Man’s house is flooded, and Raja Abdullah, the King of the Crocodiles, his mouth is filled with the salt water.’

How do the underlined words in the passage create meaning?

They describe how Pau Amma plays.
They describe how the animals play.
They describe Pau Amma’s impact on the sea and the animals.
They describe the tasks the Eldest Magician gives to the animals.
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Answer 1

They describe Pau Amma’s impact on the sea and the animals.

Step-by-step explanation:

Rudyard Kipling's children's story "The Crab That Played with the Sea" is a story about a crab who refuses to obey the instructions of the Eldest Magician. The story is about how the Eldest Magician instructed all the animals to obey Man, which Pau Amma, the crab, refused.

In the given extract from the story, we can see that Pau Amma has been caught doing things that affected those around him. When he went out of the sea, the beaches became bare and fishes die. And when he returns to his cave, it floods the areas around him. This is the impact of Pau Amma's act of moving in and out of the sea.

Thus, the correct answer is the third option.