Read the excerpt from "The Crab That Played with the Sea."
Which sentence from the excerpt best demonstrates the
author's reason for writing?
Then Pau Amma thought a little ani said, 'I have made my
choice. I will take all the gifts.
Then the Eldest Magician made a Magic with the right hand,
with all five fingers of his right hand, and lo and behold, Best
Beloved, Pau Amma grew smaller and smaller and smaller,
till at last there was only a little green crab swimming in the
water alongside the canoe, crying in a very small voice,
"Give me the scissors!'
And the girl-daughter picked him up on the palm of her little
brown hand, and sat him in the bottom of the canoe and
gave him her scissors, and he waved them in his little arms.
and opened them and shut them and snapped them, and
said, 'I can eat nuts. I can crack shells. I can dig holes. I can
climb trees. I can breathe in the dry air, and I can find a safe
Pusat Tasek under every stone. I did not know I was so
important. Kun?' (Is this right?)
"Then Pau Amma thought a little and said, 'I have made
my choice. I will take all the gifts.
"Then the Eldest Magician made a Magic with the right
hand, with all five fingers of his right hand, and lo and
behold, Best Beloved, Pau Amma grew smaller and
smaller and smaller till at last there was only a little green
crab swimming in the water alongside the canoe, crying in
a very small voice, 'Give me the scissors!
"And the girl-daughter picked him up on the palm of her
little brown hand, and sat him in the bottom of the canoe
and gave him her scissors, and he waved them in his little
arms, and opened them and shut them and snapped
them, and said, 'I can eat nuts."
"I can breathe in the dry air, and I can find a safe Pusat
Tasek under every stone."
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Explain the metaphor beyond the symbol by choosing the phrase that establishes what is similar in the pair of words. select the item that best expresses this. use your notes if you need them. poverty: riches

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