Explanation: "on a branch so heavy it touches the ground. I'm talking about picking the largest, fattest, 20. sweetest fig in the world and putting it in my mouth." This shows exaggeration.
Answer: A. It shows the father has a tendency to exaggerate.
Explanation: When people exaggerate or imagine things, we tend to close our eyes. The last sentence, "(Here he'd stop and close his eyes)" shows us this.
Historians have not been able to trace Hannibal's <span>itinerary </span>over the Alps; the bones of the elephants that died on the route have not been found.