The answer is D. safe and secure.
Waverly is only six when this short story begins. She lives in Chinatown, in San Francisco, and at such a young age, she sees the world in a simple way. As a first-person narrator she says, for instance, that she didn't think of herself as a poor child because her bowl was always full.
In the excerpt, she seems to wish to convey that comfortable simplicity. The smell of food combined with her father leaving to work and the door being locked evoke a sensation of safety, the belief that everything is and will always be just fine.
Answer:
Dancing the night away relates to flying in a sense that dancing can make one feel weightless. Dancers or simply people who enjoy the act of dancing claim that they feel "weightless", a sensation similar to flying or floating. The feeling of joy and free movement can put one in a joyous and liberating state that is like flying because of the carefree feel to it.
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When I was in an accident when I was younger
What man with red eyes? explain?
I think it's D. It sounds as if something of horror is out behind the screen.