Okay so I might’ve just looked it up . So idk how reliable it is but.... “Santiago loves, respects and finds the creatures of the sea immensely beautiful” and I also got “friends small=pity men-of-war (jellyfish) and shovelnose shark=hate respects birds and the marlin”
So do what you will with that info, hope it helps.
Lao Tzu himself is the correct answer hope this helps^0^! So it would be B
Figures of speech. Like; cat's got your tounge.