Read the excerpt from "The Crab That Played with the Which group of sentences from the excerpt best
demonstrates the author's reason for writing?
Sea."
Then the little girl-daughter put up her little soft brown
arms with the beautiful white shell bracelets and said, 'O
Eldest Magician! when my father here talked to you at the
Very Beginning, and I leaned upon his shoulder while the
beasts were being taught their plays, one beast went
away naughtily into the Sea before you had taught him his
play
And the Eldest Magician said, 'How wise are little children
who see and are silent! What was the beast like?
"And the Eldest Magician said, "How wise are little
children who see and are silent! What was the beast
like? And the little girl-daughter said, "He was round
and he was flat, and his eyes grew upon stalks, and he
walked sideways like this, and he was covered with
strong armour upon his back. "And the Eldest
Magician said, 'How wise are little children who speak
truth! Now I know where Pau Amma went. Give me the
paddle!"
"So he took the paddle, but there was no need to
paddle, for the water flowed steadily past all the islands
till they came to the place called Pusat Tasek—the
Heart of the Sea—where the great hollow is that leads
down to the heart of the world, and in that hollow grows
the Wonderful Tree. Pauh Janggi, that bears the magic
And the little girl-daughter said, 'He was round and he
was flat, and his eyes grew upon stalks, and he walked
sideways like this, and he was covered with strong armour
upon his back.
And the Eldest Magician said, 'How wise are little children
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