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The speaker of the poem runs through the woods to

A. get far away from the snake because she is afraid of it.

B. catch the snake so she can bring it home to keep for a pet.

C. show her father she can move as fast as a blue racer.

D. get home a little more quickly because she is very tired.


Walking stick in hand,

my father rustles the brush,

stirs up life

beneath the dead leaves


then pauses


to poke at the underbelly

of a snake,

its skin stretched tight,

body limp.


"Blue Racer," he says.


He grabs the tail as it pulses and twists to life.


It slips from my father's hand

like water

and streaks off through the woods,

under leaves

over stumps

a blue whip of a tail

glinting in the sunlight


Suddenly,

it turns over and lies again,

motionless.


My father pulls my hand and leads me

past the white scar of a snake carved into rotting growth.


"If you can't go as

fast as a Blue Racer," he says, "the

next best thing is playing dead."


The thick blue veins in my father's hands

pulse and twist. My hand

slips from his, and I run

faster, faster, faster

his voice calling to me,

echoing in the trees.

Respuesta :

mayojr

Answer:

C - Show her father she can move as fast as a blue racer.

Explanation:

The lines "My father pulls my hand and leads me  past the white scar of a snake carved into rotting growth.  "If you can't go as  fast as a Blue Racer," he says, "the  next best thing is playing dead." before she runs off to prove that she can be as fast, her father providing the motive to do so. She shows no fear of it by running straight away, does not show any motive of wanting to keep it as a pet, and does not show any signs of being tired. This is the answer that makes the most sense, in my eyes.

alyms

Answer:

A) get far away from the snake because she is afraid of it.

Explanation:

The author runs to get far away because she is scared of it. In the passage it states "My father pulls my hand and leads me past the white scar of a snake carved into rotting growth" and "My hand slips from his, and I run faster, faster, faster" supports the answer is A.

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