Which detail best supports the theme "what goes around, comes around"? from the day of his [prince harweda's] birth, everything that love or money could do for him had been done. at last they decided to send for his fairy godmother to see if she could find a way to cure prince harweda of thinking of nothing but himself. wonderfully carved jars and vases of gold and silver stood about the floor, and each was filled with a different kind of perfume. "you must be hungry too, poor little thing! " he said, putting part of his apple into the bird's cage. again came the harsh, grating sound, and the boy noticed that the cracks of light were growing larger.

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”