B.when an action is done
when an action is done to it when it is describing the verb when it possesses something when it is doing the action.
The right answer is C (Hail, king, for so thou art: behold, where stands/The usurper's cursed head:)
Answer:
The aunt tells a story with a moral, but the children ignore the lesson.
Explanation:
From the text we know that the children already acknowledge the poor storytelling abilities of their aunt and thus do not expect much from the story.
Despite the boring nature of the story, the aunt does try to lacklusterly include a moral, but the moral is completely ignored by the children who notice instead the many faults of the story.
D: "<span>Then I could give instructions," she explained, "And have the machine follow them."</span>