Act ll of what play? You must be more specific
A/ tell a story. Hence the term, "narrate."
Seriously?
Independent
"the cheetah darted away"
"he ran into the trees"
"it's funny"
Dependent
"before we knew it"
"after we scared him"
"because he scared me"
It’s A.
All the other options would sound choppy if you try to integrate the phrases into the sentence