<span> 1) limited omniscient perspective, because she made an inference. (she didn't see with her own eyes)
2) The mom, because "</span><span>“Not so fast, Lara,” I intoned. I stood in the kitchen, staring out the window, with my hands planted firmly on the laminated counter. “Not before you and your brothers make your beds and clean your room.”"
3) There really was a bear
4)"</span><span>I heard the kids grumbling as they did what surely would have been five minutes' work for me, whining that, as they labored, their precious lake was evaporating forever into the mists of time." The lake won't evaporate that fast. </span> hope this helps
1 it is Limited omniscient perspective, THis is because she made a incury and did it from her own experiences. #2 this is the mom #3 the bear was real #4 Because he said "I heard the kids grumbling as they did what surely would have been five minutes' work for me, whining that, as they labored, their precious lake was evaporating forever into the mists of time." That lake couldn't possibly do that that fast. <span />
A water snake gliding in the pool is caught by a heron and eaten while its tail waves frantically, and a strong wind blows into the clearing and dies down.