Quick english ! where vs were

can someone tell me if i used the correct "where" in this sentence:

"in elementary school, we always read stories about how breathtaking the early hours where"

Read the following excerpt from kabir’s “tell me, o swan, your ancient tale,” and answer the question. which of the following best states an implicit meaning of the excerpt? a) the narrator requests that the swan follow him this morning. b) there is a better world than this world that is filled with sadness, death, and decay. c) the narrator overhears someone say “he is i”. d) a bee happily rests on the chest of the narrator.