C. The author uses cause and effect to show that the tailor's repair causes the bean to have a black line.
Explanation:
The main purpose of this story is to explain the reason why beans have a black seam. In this text, we learn that the reason for this is the fact that once, a bean was laughing so hard that she burst. Luckily, a tailor was able to sew her up using black thread. The author of this text uses cause and effect in order to show the cause of the problem, and the effect that this had on beans.
The author uses cause and effect to show that the tailor's repair causes the bean to have a black line is your answer.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The association of the two events of the bursting of a happy bean and the tailor traveling on the same path the bean has burst on leads the narration to automatically figure out that the tailor is going to help the bean somehow.
The compassionate nature of the tailor has been put an emphasis on so as to convey that it was because the tailor was compassionate, the life of the bean was saved.
