03: Whom would you expect to care about the boy more, his grandmother or the gardener? Whose actions hurt the boy and whose actions help him?

Explanation:

In Nadine Gordimer's story "Once upon a Time," the grandmother is surprisingly referred to as "that wise old witch." Nevertheless, the parents believe the grandmother has the entire family's best interests at heart, and they follow her advice when she tells them "not to take on anyone off the street" as a household employee. Later in the story, the grandmother helps the parents increase the height of the wall around their home by giving them bricks for Christmas. She also gives her grandson "a Space Man outfit and a book of fairy tales." The parents no doubt appreciated these gifts and took them as evidence that the grandmother cared for them and their son.