Now i had often seen pilots gazing at the water and pretending to read it as if it were a book; but it was a book that told me nothing. a time came at last, however, when mr. bixby seemed to think me far enough advanced to bear a lesson on water-reading. so he began’ what two things are being compared in this passage? a) boats and airplanes b) a river and an ocean c) the author and mr. bixby d) water reading and book reading eliminate