Answer: Vera's prank really consists of telling lies. She tells Mr. Nuttel a very far fetched story about how her aunt’s husband and her two brothers were killed three years before in a bog. Mr. Nuttel feels sympathetic for both the young girl and her aunt.
Explanation:
A participial phrase is a phrase that looks like a verb, but actually functions as an adjective; it modifies a noun in the same sentence.
Basball is boring.
It has nothing to do with soccer.
I'd say it is symbol, if you have any answer choices?