The mandate system<span> was a compromise between the Allies' wish to retain the former German and Turkish colonies and their pre-Armistice declaration (November 5, 1918) that annexation of territory was not their aim in the war.</span>
Line 7 uses personification.
The author is giving human-like attributes to the sunbeams, as they’re implying that the sunbeams “play” around.
Basically what you have to do is sum
up everything that happened in that little passage but make it short and into your own words. Hope this helps
