Which statement best describes the elephant when the narrator finally encounters it?
a. it is peacefully exploring a nearby field
b. it is angry and trumpeting wildly
c. it is bathing calmly in a local pond
d. it is frightened and hiding in a group of trees

A. It is peacefully exploring a nearby field.

Explanation:

In the story Shooting an Elephant, George Orwell describes the encounter of the narrator with the elephant:

"The elephant was standing eight yards from the road, his left side towards us. He took not the slightest notice of the crowd's approach. He was tearing up bunches of grass, beating them against his knees to clean them and stuffing them into his mouth."

"...And at that distance, peacefully eating, the elephant looked no more dangerous than a cow."

This excerpt makes A the best answer to the question.  

the president was the speaker and it was a great part of history.

explanation:

video of the national aeronautic space administration's (nasa) coverage of president john f. kennedy’s address at rice university, houston, texas, concerning the nation's efforts in space exploration. in his speech the president discusses the necessity for the united states to become an international leader in space exploration and famously states, "we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."

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