Read this excerpt from  "the world on turtle's back."the birds of the sea joined together to save the woman and they broke her fall. the great sea turtle floated in the ocean and received the woman on his back without harm. the frightened woman looked around and all she could see was water and sky. she felt , but the animals were determined to save her. she told them that if they could find some soil, she could plant the roots from the great tree that were still tangled in her hands. based on the animals' behavior toward the woman, it is reasonable to conclude that the animalswere frightened by a creature they had never seen. felt compassion for the woman because she was scared. were hoping to live on land that the woman would create. wanted the roots from the sacred great tree.

The correct answer is B.

In this excerpt from "The World on Turtle's Back" we can see that the birds of the sea and the turtle felt sorry for the scared woman and decided to save her. Even when she felt too scared and helpless, they worked together and did everything they could to keep her alive.

answer: b. grete might have remained as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the story.

one of the most interesting characteristics of gregor's metamorphosis is that, although he is the only character who has physically changed, it is this same change which triggered a transformation in the rest of his family.

by taking care of gregor, grete has become stronger and more confident. she has found a life outside of the house, and has become more independent and self-sufficient. the novel implies that the trigger for the change is gregor's own transformation, and that without it, grete was likely to remain as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the book.

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