I think the answer is C sorry if im wrong!
I tried, I practiced then succeeded
A couple years ago my grades were really bad but I started focusing on myself more and then got better at everything as I did a bit of revising everyday , only for like 30 minutes though but it helped a lot , I also stopped cheating on my tests and in class and focused on what I could and couldn’t do :)
the grandmother being tall shows at one point in her life she was healthy, youthful, well and later becoming small indicates the opposite her health changed, no longer able to tend to herself