Explanation: If you read the sentence, it makes sense and it is not exactly explaining a gender. The dog stretched it's limbs, yawned loudly, and then began to look for it's bowl.
It would not make sense if it was The dog stretched their limbs. Their is for more than one person or another person, as in a possession. It would make sense to use their if there was more than one dog. The dogs stretched their limbs.
"<span>d. Because one of the witches' prophecies has come true" would be the best option from the list, since it is the witch's ideas and warnings that are often most feared in this tale. </span>