After diving for cover in a gutter, the New York World correspondent came face-to-face with a Russian officer and asked him what was happening. “The Russians, my countrymen, are idiots,” he replied. “This is a white night of madness.”
Answer:
The correct answer is A.
Explanation:
The purpose of this excerpt from "The Crab That Played with the Sea" is to use a story to explain children the causes of the tide.
"The fisherman" is the moon, and the action of the tides is represented by him pulling his fishing rod and taking the sea with it.