Listening to poems is mine favourite thing to do when i have a free time.......
Answer:
its asking for your opinion
I guess they wanted to hurry up and o whatever they are doing with the cat before she wakes up.
They took blood samples,checked her heartbeat and measured her body from her head to tail.They also put a radio collar around her neck too......
Most likely A.
In this case a simple statement could be any of those, to shorten to the simple statement you would generalize :)