Answer:
She says that there was a time when she bore children regularly, every two years. Six times she had born a boy child and six times they had died. Some had swollen up and with weak, plaintive cries had faded away. Others had shuddered in sudden convulsions, with burning skins, and had rolled up their eyes and died. They had all died; or rather he had died, Bola thought, because she knew it was one child all the time whose spirit had crept up restlessly into her womb to be born and mock her.
Explanation:
Poem by Arthur Guiterman.
Answer: The correct answers are:
She called on a friend who was in charge of issuing them.
Her friend staged a robbery similar to one in a neighboring town.
He made the robbery more realistic by getting "beaten up."
I'd say the fact that the characters are talking animals is a pretty good indicator that this story was made for children.
