What is a central idea of "The Three Brass Pennies"? 1 When a magician rewards a man with the gift of knowledge, he becomes a great mathematician.

2 Two men end a friendship when one tells the other how he really feels about him.

3 A man frees a bee that is trapped in a spider web and brings it bring to his home.

4 When man's wishes for power disappoint him, he learns that true happiness comes from within.

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

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