Answer:
"You are going near the post office?" Mrs. Reid asked her husband.
"Yes," he said. "Is there anything you want?"
"Could you get me a small registered envelope, please?" Mrs. Reid said, "I've got to send some money to my sister in Guyana."
"Ok," Mr. Reid said. "I'll get a Coulee. It may be useful to have a spare one available."
Explanation:
There are many ways that this paragraph could be punctuated. However, in my interpretation, I used commas to integrate my quotation marks, etc.
For example:
"Ok," Mr. Reid said. "I'll get a Coulee. It may be useful to have a spare one available."
I decided to add a period to the end of "said." However, you could choose to do it differently. For example, you could choose to write it like this:
"Ok," Mr. Reid said, "I'll get a Coulee. It may be useful to have a spare one available."
(Notice how I replaced the period with a comma? That simply means that "Ok and "I'll get a Coulee" is all one sentence versus two sentences. Both versions are grammatically correct. The writer simply needs to choose which one s/he wants.)
Answer:
"Till at last there was only one small fish left in all the sea, and he was a small 'Stute Fish, and he swam a little behind the Whale's right ear, so as to be out of harm's way. Then the Whale stood up on his tail and said, 'I'm hungry."
Explanation:
The part of the excerpt that best demonstrates that the author's purpose is to entertain children with a humorous story is the second one.
We have two animals that speak to each other as if they were people. Both of them could be amusing to children - one is a small fish, and the other is a big hungry whale that can stand on its tail. The story also has a rhythm, which makes the story more dynamic and interesting to children.
It seems that you have missed the necessary options for this, so I had to look for it. Anyway, here is the answer. The statement that states the central idea of The Way to a Rainy Mountain is this: <span>The preservation of an oral tradition also preserves a culture’s identity. Hope this answers your question.</span>
