A. Because dropped and surrendered can often lead to sadness, and the other answers don’t convey sadness in the way answer a does, for example b. Snowflakes twirled, winters parade, confetti, c. Sun coming out and giving light is the opposite of sadness,
Well it’s text to self and text to news. Considering he’s reading about a 1904 earthquake. That’s news. Since he’s reading it to himself however, that’s self