Read the excerpt from "Let Bindi Have the Limelight." As one important being left Bindi's life, another entered it. He certainly wasn't larger than life like her dad had been. In fact, he wasn't very large at all. That's because Candy . . . was a rat. "I got him [Candy] two weeks after my dad died," Bindi wrote on her personal zoo blog, Bindi's Say. "He helps me feel lots better!" . . . A sense of security is critical for any grieving child, and Bindi, naturally, had found it in an animal -- one who'd sit on her shoulder as she'd rollerblade and on her lap during interviews. As she prepared to take on life without Dad, a small friend provided big comfort.

Which kind of reader would likely make a personal connection to this passage?

A. a person who wants to live in Australia
B. a person who dislikes rollerblading
C. a person who has a close bond with a pet
D. a person who is afraid of wild animals