Question

“payah kun,” said the eldest magician, meaning, “that is quite right”; and he breathed upon the great rocks and lumps of earth that all-the-elephant-there-was had thrown up, and they became the great himalayan mountains, and you can look them out on the map. . . . then the moon rose big and full over the water, and the eldest magician said to the hunchbacked old man who sits in the moon spinning a fishing-line with which he hopes one day to catch the world, “ho! fisher of the moon, are you playing with the sea?” —“the crab that played with the sea,” rudyard kipling what is the narrator’s tone in this passage?
○ angry
○ informative
○ sorrowful
○ whimsical

Explanation:

The passage has elements like a magician creating mountains and a hunchbacked old man in the Moon spinning a fishing - line to catch the world. These are fantastical and playful elements. "Angry" is incorrect as there's no anger. "Informative" is wrong as it's not just giving facts. "Sorrowful" is incorrect as there's no sadness. The tone is whimsical (playful, fanciful) due to these imaginative details.

Answer:

D. whimsical