Question

read the passage from \the crab that played with the sea.\
\ah!\ said the eldest magician.
ow i know who has been playing with the sea,\ and he called out, \what are you doing, pau amma?\
and pau amma, deep down below, answered, \once a day and once a night i go out to look for my food. once a day and once a night i return. leave me alone.\
then the eldest magician said, \listen, pau amma. when you go out from your cave the waters of the sea pour down into pusat tasek, and all the beaches of all the islands are left bare, and the little fish die, and raja moyang kaban, the king of the elephants, his legs are made muddy. when you come back and sit in pusat tasek, the waters of the sea rise, and half the little islands are drowned, and the man’s house is flooded, and raja abdullah, the king of the crocodiles, his...
how do the underlined words in the passage create meaning?
options:

• they describe how pau amma plays.
• they describe how the animals play.
• they describe pau amma’s impact on the sea and the animals.
• they describe the tasks the eldest magician gives to the animals.

Explanation:

The underlined words (e.g., "left bare", "die", "drowned", "flooded", "made muddy") describe the consequences of the sea waters' actions (related to Pau Amma's influence, as Pau Amma is connected to the sea). These consequences impact the islands, fish, people's houses, and the king's legs. So they show how Pau Amma's actions (or the sea's changes due to Pau Amma) affect the sea and animals (and human settlements). The other options are incorrect: they don't describe how Pau Amma plays, how animals play, or the Magician's tasks.

Answer:

They describe Pau Amma’s impact on the sea and the animals.