steal his best players. I am not sure if you are looking for the correct baseball term, and I don't know much about baseball, but I believe it would be steal.
It means that he has abided by certain mores for his whole life and by using the literal example of “pulling a thorn”, he’s saying, “there’s not one person who i haven’t helped, that’s what makes us brothers. When they need me i help them, and when i need them they help me.” It is interesting because he’s explaining that just because it’s not normal for you doesn’t mean it’s not my version of normal.
Answer: I want to say it is C because if it was a that she liked eating you would see something that hints to her being hungry but in this text it show nothing of that. so in conclusion the answer would be C.
I think it's B:Prudence and hard work
