Though maibon offered to take him in the cart, the old man refused; and maibon went his way home, shaking his head over such a pitiful sight, and said to his wife, modrona:
"ah, ah, what a sorry thing it is to have your bones creaking and cracking, and dim eyes, and dull wits. when i think this might come to me, too! a fine, strong-armed, sturdy-legged fellow like me? one day to go tottering and have his teeth rattling in his head and live on porridge like a baby? there's no fate worse in all the world."
"there is," answered modrona, "and that would be to have neither teeth nor porridge. get on with you, maibon, and stop borrowing trouble."
which of the following is an example of a prediction that you could make at this point in the story?
a) maibon will soon experience something worse than old age.
b) maibon and modrona are a married couple who argue often.
c) modrona is frustrated by her husband's complaining.
d) maibon dislikes the old man.