Question

evaluating the effect of suspense in a story
and they went away, and practiced all night how to smile; and, in the morning, they returned. and the gentle lady at the gate said:
\dear little boys, have you learned how to smile?\
and they said: \we have tried. how is this?\
\better,\ she said, \much better. practice some more, and come back tomorrow.\
and they went away obediently and practiced.
and they came the third day. and she said:

ow, try again.\
and tears of delight came into her lovely eyes.
\those were very beautiful smiles,\ she said.

ow you may enter.\
write three to five sentences explaining how the suspense within the story gives the reader a sense of relief at the climax of \the land of laughter.\

Explanation:

Answer:

The slow, incremental build of suspense as the boys repeatedly practice and return to prove their smiling skill leaves readers anxious about whether they will finally succeed. Each time the lady sends them away to practice more, the tension grows, making readers yearn for the moment the boys will be allowed in. When she finally declares their smiles beautiful and lets them enter, the long-held tension releases, flooding readers with a sharp, warm sense of relief that the boys' hard work and the readers' own anxious waiting have paid off. The relief is amplified by the gentle lady's tears of delight, which mirror the readers' own satisfaction at the story's climax.