Answer:
A. Long, long ago there lived an old man and his wife who supported themselves by cultivating a small plot of land. (Yei Theodora Ozaki, “The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Flower”)
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E. He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts. (Frank R. Stockton, “The Lady, or the Tiger”)
Explanation:
Which are scarce in some areas modifies animals.
are protected by state regulation modifies areas.
In this sentence the word woe is proceeded by the description "terrible war" which would suggest suffering and grief to those affected by it.
Mistreatment of someone by another person/group
I hate when I get annoying calls from telemarketers trying to sell me crazy things.
