What is a central idea of "The Three Brass Pennies"? Ah Fo trades his wish to see into the future after he sees what danger lurks for him on his travels. Ah Fo rescues a bee from a spider web and is surprised when the bee leaves him a message of thanks. Tuan See invites Ah Fo to dinner, but he refuses to stay when his friend insults him. A magician rewards Ah Fo for saving his life, but Ah Fo's wishes only bring him sadness.

Isaw clearly the doom which had been prepared for me, and congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which ! had escaped. another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more and the death just avoided was of that very character which i had regarded as fabulous and frivolous in the tales respecting the inquisition. to the victims of its tyranny, there was the choice of death with its direst physical agonies, or death with its most hideous moral horrors. i had been reserved for the latter. by long suffering my nerves had been unstrung, until i trembled at the sound of my own voice, and had become in every respect a fitting subject for the species of torture which awaited me. which torture does the passage above reference? a. being eaten alive by rats b.being sliced open by a giant blade c.being killed by falling into a hole d. being burned alive