Why does Ethan seem to not be bothered by the fact that he did not get to take Mattie sledding?

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,

the correct answer is:   [c]:

                    →     " leave it out. "  

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