Answer:
Although the fight will be difficult, we refuse to give up. as long as we are unfairly taxed and denied a voice, we cannot - we will not - stand by.
Explanation:
A gerund has a -ing at the end, so A. toes and C. touched could not be gerund.
Among the other two options, B. stretching and D. running Stretching is a present participle (a verbal form) and running - a noun- is a gerund, since gerunds are nouns.
B or C i think, but i’m not for sure so please let me know and correct me if i was wrong :)
"like a sunbeam" - it is used to give deeper meaning and description to what her face looks like in person so the reader can feel as if they are standing in front of her seeing that face.
Whenever anything went wrong, they always blamed Stanley's no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.