Answer: B) it shows that the boy is asking his uncle for advice.
Explanation: In the given excerpt from "The Fish I Didn't Catch" we can see the description of a boy trying to cash a fish for the first time, when he didn't succeed after trying several times, he looked at his uncle (who was with him the whole time, teaching him) appealingly, which, in this context means that the boy looked at his uncle asking for advice to finally be able to catch a fish.
