Read the excerpt from "The Crab That Played with the
Sea."
Which evidence best supports the conclusion that the
narrator is telling this story with a particular child in mind?
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And Pau Amma? You can see when you go to the beach,
how all Pau Amma's babies make little Pusat Taseks for
themselves under every stone and bunch of weed on the
sands; you can see them waving their little scissors; and in
some parts of the world they truly live on the dry land and
run up the palm trees and eat cocoa-nuts, exactly as the
girl-daughter promised. But once a year all Pau Ammas
must shake off their hard armour and be soft-to remind
them of what the Eldest Magician could do. And so it isn't
fair to kill or hunt Pau Amma's babies just because old Pau
Amma was stupidly rude a very long time ago.
Oh yes! And Pau Amma's babies hate being taken out of
their little Pusat Taseks and brought home in pickle-bottles.
That is why they nip you with their scissors, and it serves
you right!
"You can see when you go to the beach, how all Pau
Amma's babies make little Pusat Taseks for themselves
under every stone and bunch of weed on the sands; you
can see them waving their little scissors."
"But once a year all Pau Ammas must shake off their
hard armour and be soft—to remind them of what the
Eldest Magician could do."
"It isn't fair to kill or hunt Pau Amma's babies just
because old Pau Amma was stupidly rude a very long
time ago."
"Pau Amma's babies hate being taken out of their little
Pusat Taseks and brought home in pickle-bottles. That is
why they nip you with their scissors, and it serves you
right!"
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