Answer:
(A) It shows that he was an active boy who spent time exploring outdoors.
Explanation: sorry if its wrong this is what i think though
I think he felt happy and thankful to all the people who had voted for him. knowing that they have faith in him and he believed that the people who had voted for him believed in him and put their trust in him.
Defeat because he didn't want to get the pearl to get killed for having it and it was bad luck.