"Where are we supposed to go to the bathroom?" he asked Magnet. Magnet gestured with his arms to the great expanse around them. "Pick a hole, any hole," he said. Stanley staggered across the lake, almost falling over a dirt pile. Behind him he heard Magnet say, "But first make sure nothing's living in it." After leaving Myra's house, Elya wandered aimlessly through the town, until he found himself down by the wharf. He sat on the edge of a pier and stared down into the cold, black water. He could not understand how Myra had trouble deciding between him and Igor. He thought she loved him. —Holes, Louis Sachar What word choices help the author make a smooth transition from the present time frame to the flashback? “Stanley staggered” and “Elya wandered” “Magnet gestured” and “[Elya] sat” “Magnet say” and “[Elya] could not understand” “Stanley staggered” and “[Elya] stared”
