Read this excerpt from "the world on turtle's back." one day, when the girl had become a woman, a man appeared. no one knows where this man came from. perhaps he was sent from the gods above. the girl was so filled with wonder to see this strange man, she lost her senses and fainted. the man yielded two very different arrows, and laid them across the body of the girl in opposite directions, then he disappeared. which statement best describes the significance of the arrows

Plz asap read this sentence from paragraph 3 of the article. the boys and girls are merely asked to obtain the signatures of ten friends or relatives. how does the word "merely" affect the meaning of the sentence? a- it suggests that asking people to subscribe to the washington times is something negative. b- it implies that obtaining ten signatures is not a requirement for receiving a prize. c- it downplays the fact that to win the prize, children must ask people to subscribe to the washington times. d- it emphasizes that children receive the prize only if they obtain ten signatures.