"A speck of black in the gray sky grows bigger: a small, silent, solitary ghost. With a showy ruffle of wings, it lands on a sturdy little shrub at the edge of the field." Note: A shrub is a short tree or bush. Why does the author compare the flying bird to a ghost? A) The bird is invisible until it lands on the shrub. B) The bird is not alive. C) The bird scares him when it arrives. D) The bird flies in quietly and mysteriously to the area. pls HELP ME
