Read the following excerpt from “the scarlet ibis” by william hurst and answer the question that follows.

i dragged him across the burning cotton field to share with him the only beauty i knew, old woman swamp. his eyes were round with wonder as he gazed about him, and his little hands began to stroke the rubber grass. then he began to cry.
a. “for heaven’s sake, what’s the matter? ” i asked, annoyed.
b. “it’s so pretty,” he said. “so pretty, pretty, pretty.”
c. after that day doodle and i often went down into old woman swamp.