The characters are talking animals. Any other option would be logical and easy to explain, but talking animals don’t exist unless you consider a parrot. Nonetheless, the other options are logical and realistic while the last option is not at all realistic. Most children’s books are not realistic.
A. Your opinion about which side is right
I think you are right. The form verbs take to express a hypothetical or possible situation.
Decide if pairs of words have parellel structure.
He writes that Rikki-tikki feels pride and responsibility.
