Which part of the excerpt best demonstrates that the author’s purpose is to entertain children with a humorous story?
"In the sea, once upon a time, O my Best Beloved, there was a Whale, and he ate fishes. He ate the starfish and the garfish, and the crab and the dab, and the plaice and the dace, and the skate and his mate, and the mackereel and the pickereel, and the really truly twirly-whirly eel. All the fishes he could find in all the sea he ate with his mouth—so!"
"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.’"
"And the small 'Stute Fish said in a small 'stute voice, ‘Noble and generous Cetacean, have you ever tasted Man?’ ‘No,’ said the Whale. ‘What is it like?’ ‘Nice,’ said the small 'Stute Fish. ‘Nice but nubbly.’ ‘Then fetch me some,’ said the Whale, and he made the sea froth up with his tail. ‘One at a time is enough,’ said the 'Stute Fish."
“If you swim to latitude Fifty North, longitude Forty West (that is magic), you will find, sitting on a raft, in the middle of the sea, with nothing on but a pair of blue canvas breeches, a pair of suspenders (you must not forget the suspenders, Best Beloved), and a jack-knife, one ship-wrecked Mariner, who, it is only fair to tell you, is a man of infinite-resource-and-sagacity.”"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.’"
<h3>What is the story of "Just So Stories"?</h3>
The excerpt is from Rudyard Kipling's "Just So Stories", a collection of origin stories for children. This collection of stories contain various tales of imaginary animals and how they came to be so and so.
The main title from which this excerpt is taken from is "How The Whale Got His Throat" where Kipling narrates an encounter between a whale and "a small ‘Stute Fish". As the whale had already eaten all of the fishes in the sea, the 'Stute Fish was all that's left, leaving the small fish to come up with some plan to escape being eaten by the whale. And in narrating this story, Kipling uses resonating rhymes that will engage the young reader, keeping them occupied and invested in the story. He depicts the animal characters in such a way that it catches the interest of the young readers, and helps them imagine how the animals are. Childish characterization of the animals, be it the whale or the small fish, and also using languages such as "really truly twirly-whirly eel" and he also makes the "Whale stood up on his tail", which all contributes to the imagination of the children.
And the best part of the excerpt that demonstrates his purpose of entertaining children is when he describes the small fish was the only one left to be eaten by the Whale. 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.’"
Thus, option "D" is correct.
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