Merely. This is because it describes how the children splashed in the water.
<span>The antropophage were considered to be monstrous because B. they were cannibals. This word comes from the Latin word antropophagus, which means man-eater, which is a cannibal. These people ate other people, according to a myth, which is what makes them monstrous. A and D would not make a person monstrous, and C is just incorrect - they were not that large.</span>