English, 11.04.2020 01:33 fluffylove83

Read the excerpt from "The Storyteller."

"Why weren't there any flowers?”

"Because the pigs had eaten them all,” said the bachelor promptly. "The gardeners had told the Prince that you couldn't have pigs and flowers, so he decided to have pigs and no flowers.”

There was a murmur of approval at the excellence of the Prince's decision; so many people would have decided the other way.

How does the characterization of the children create satire?

A. They are curious about what is in the garden.
B. They are pleased to learn that the prince chooses pigs over flowers.
C. They interrupt the bachelor just as much as they interrupt their aunt.
D. They sometimes interrupt because they like the story they are being told.

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Read the excerpt from "The Storyteller."

"Why weren't there any flowers?”

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