Answer:
Number 2 is the correct option
Explanation:
According to the passage they gnaw (chew) at the green cones until they fall off the tree. They then pick out the seed or save it for later.
"Besides, they were too beautiful—the pair of pumps, so inexpressibly slim, the patent leathers with cloth tops, making water come into one's mouth, the tall brown riding boots with marvellous sooty glow, as if, though new, they had been worn a hundred years. Those pairs could only have been made by one who saw before him the Soul of Boot—so truly were they prototypes incarnating the very spirit of all foot-gear."
"For to make boots—such boots as he made—seemed to me then, and still seems to me, mysterious and wonderful. "
Admire means to have great respect for or like. In the chosen sentences it is clear that the writer admired the boots. In the first quote, the writer uses the words "beautiful" and "marvellous". He describes the shoes as something the could make a person's mouth water which is the same as saying that they are delicious. His description of the boot maker as one who can see to the "Soul of the Boot" demonstrates his appreciation for the boots of the boot maker. All of these descriptions show how much the writer admires the shoes of the boot maker. In the second quote, the writer uses words such as "wonderful" and "mysterious". These adjectives further reveal the writer's admiration for the boot maker's skill.
