NEED HELP DOING 2 TEST A ONCE "Everybody is so hateful, I'll ask Laurie to go skating. He is always kind and jolly, and will put
me to rights, I know," said Jo to herself, and off she went. Amy heard the clash of skates, and looked out with an impatient exclamation. "There! She promised I should go next time, for this is the last ice we shall have. But it's no use to ask such a crosspatch to take me." "Don't say that. You were very naughty, and it is hard to forgive the loss of her precious little book, but I think she might do it now, and I guess she will, if you try her at the right minute," said Meg. "Go after them. Don't say anything till Jo has got good-natured with Laurie, than take a quiet minute and just kiss her, or do some kind thing, and I'm sure she'll be friends again with all her heart." "I'll try," said Amy, for the advice suited her, and after a flurry to get ready, she ran after the friends, who were just disappearing over the hill. It was not far to the river, but both were ready before Amy reached them. Jo saw her coming, and turned her back. Laurie did not see, for he was carefully skating along the shore, sounding the ice, for a warm spell had preceded the cold snap. "I'll go on to the first bend, and see if it's all right before we begin to race," Amy heard him say, as he shot away, looking like a young Russian in his fur-trimmed coat and cap. Jo heard Amy panting after her run, stamping her feet and blowing on her fingers as she tried to put her skates on, but Jo never turned and went slowly zigzagging down the river, taking a bitter, unhappy sort of satisfaction in her sister's troubles. She had cherished her anger till it grew strong and took possession of her, as evil thoughts and feelings always do unless cast out at once. As Laurie turned the bend, he shouted back... "Keep near the shore. It isn't safe in the middle." Jo heard, but Amy was struggling to her feet and did not catch a word. Jo glanced over her shoulder, and the little demon she was harboring said in her ear... "No matter whether she heard or not, let her take care of herself." Laurie had vanished round the bend, Jo was just at the turn, and Amy, far behind, striking out toward the smoother ice in the middle of the river. For a minute Jo stood still with a strange feeling in her heart, then she resolved to go on, but something held and turned her round, just in time to see Amy throw up her hands and go down, with a sudden crash of rotten ice, the splash of water, and a cry that made Jo's heart stand still with fear. She tried to call Laurie, but her voice was gone. She tried to rush forward, but her feet seemed to have no strength in them, and for a second, she could only stand motionless, staring with a terror-stricken face at the little blue hood above the black water. Something rushed swiftly by her, and Laurie's voice cried out... "Bring a rail. Quick, quick!" How she did it, she never knew, but for the next few minutes she worked as if possessed, blindly obeying Laurie, who was quite self-possessed, and lying flat, held Amy up by his arm and hockey stick till Jo dragged a rail from the fence, and together they got the child out, more frightened than hurt. Question 1 (1 point) Question 1 Unsaved Some of your classmates have written various introductions to this excerpt of Little Women. Read the introductions below. Which one successfully introduces the characters and explains how they have arrived in this situation?
Laurie just got out of school and was itching to go ice-skating with Jo and her little sisters Amy and Meg. Unfortunately, Jo and Amy exchanged unfavorable words before Laurie arrived on their doorstep, and Jo forbade Amy to come along. To her surprise and dismay later, Amy and Meg had sneakily joined them anyway.
It is a bitterly cold day in the north, and Jo’s frustration with her sister and friends’ negativity forced her to go ice skating with Laurie, a boy from school. Unbeknownst to Jo, her sister Amy, whom she forbade to come along, sneakily made her way behind them anyway.
It is a cold, icy day in the north. Amy always tries to follow along with her sister Jo everywhere: the mall, trail walking, playing house, Amy is inescapable. Fed up, Jo decides to go ice skating with Laurie, a boy from school. Jo will be awfully surprised and perturbed to discover that Amy secretly followed along.
Meg heads down to the lake for a quick skate around the perimeter on a bitterly cold New England day. The ice was just right-- it was smooth and ready skate marks. Upon laying her right skate on the freshly frozen ice, Meg was shocked to find Amy, Jo, and Laurie in an unfavorable predicament.
