The best anser is C - gaunt. Gaunt means thin and looking exhausted, such as when one is old or tired.
The answer can be actually found directly in the poem, which contains the line: 'An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small'. Gaunt is used directly in the poem!
I'd say it's: If I were a more optimistic person, I would put my house on the market. I hope this helps. Let me know if it was right.
The setting of Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" takes place in a small, nondescript town located in rural America on the morning of June 27th.
The characters are talking animals. Any other option would be logical and easy to explain, but talking animals don’t exist unless you consider a parrot. Nonetheless, the other options are logical and realistic while the last option is not at all realistic. Most children’s books are not realistic.
