Answer:
Hana-Saki-Jiji is fighting envy.
Explanation:
"The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Flower" shows a couple who have to deal with the envy and evil of their neighbors. That's because this couple gets many blessings and valuable things in their lives, through their dog. However, the jealous neighbor tries to get these blessings for him and ends up destroying everything good that the blessed neighbors have.
Let's read the text again...
My grandfather the fisherman always told me that the best way to communicate with fish is to drop them a line.
There are three phrases that help us to understand the pun in the text: The grandfather is a fisherman, it means his job is to catch fish, by communicate he means to make the fish come closer, and by drop them a line he means the fishing rod thread.
Taking the above into account the correct answers are:
A.“communicate” and “drop them a line”
B.The pun plays on a phrase that means both to send a note and to attempt to catch a fish.
