Read the excerpt from through the looking-glass by lewis carroll.

alice glanced nervously along the table, as she walked up the large hall, and noticed that there were about fifty guests, of all kinds: some were animals, some birds, and there were even a few flowers among them. “i'm glad they've come without waiting to be asked,” she thought: “i should never have known who were the right people to invite! ”

there were three chairs at the head of the table; the red and white queens had already taken two of them, but the middle one was empty. alice sat down in it, rather uncomfortable in the silence, and longing for some one to speak.

at last the red queen began. “you've missed the soup and fish,” she said. “put on the joint! ” and the waiters set a leg of mutton before alice, who looked at it rather anxiously, as she had never had to carve a joint before.

which life experience best connects to the theme in the excerpt?

a. moving to a new school where you do not know anyone
b. having friends throw you a surprise party
c. eating too much at a restaurant
d. being invited to play a game with classmates