Tim insisted that he deserved it, because Karen had had the last orange at breakfast. Karen argued that she was hungrier than he was,
so she should get it.
"Guys, come on," their mother said. "Split it. Here's a knife. Tim, you cut
the apple. Karen can choose the half she wants."
"But what if her half is bigger?" complained Tim.
"Make sure it's even. Then it will have to be fair," said their mother.
"Anyway, once you've done that, you can help me bring in the groceries.
I've got a whole new bag of fruit."
Which statement best describes two themes of this text?
O A. A parent is usually wiser than a child, and logic is not always the
best way to solve a problem.
B. Success is not always defined by getting more, and it is better to
compromise than to win.
c. Arguing can get in the way of solving a prohlom

Read this excerpt from through the looking-glass by lewis carroll. "you might make a joke on that,” said the little voice close to her ear: "something about ‘you would if you could,’ you know.” "don't tease so,” said alice, looking about in vain to see where the voice came from; "if you're so anxious to have a joke made, why don't you make one yourself? ” the little voice sighed deeply: it was very unhappy, evidently, and alice would have said something pitying to comfort it, "if it would only sigh like other people! ” she thought. but this was such a wonderfully small sigh, that she wouldn't have heard it at all, if it hadn't come quite close to her ear. the consequence of this was that it tickled her ear very much, and quite took off her thoughts from the unhappiness of the poor little creature. what question should a reader ask to clarify what is happening in the story? who or what is the voice speaking to alice? when will alice attempt to share a joke? what secret will alice share with the new character? why do whispers tickle the listener?