Which statement best explains the situational irony that occurs in the passage? The aunt wants the bachelor to tell a good story, but he does not.
The bachelor fears that the children will not like his story, but they do.
The bigger girl does not expect the bachelor to tell a story, but he does.
The aunt does not expect the bachelor to tell a story, but he does.

The aunt does not expect the bachelor to tell a story, but he does

Explanation:

Irony, is a rhetorical device, which implies of a situation where there's difference between what happened and what was expected to happen.

The statement that best explains the situational irony that occurs in the passage is that the aunt does not expect the bachelor to tell a story, but he does.

We can infer that at first the kids were expecting the bachelor to tell a story but were letter not interested. Also, the aunt didn't expect him to tell a story as she was just taunting him.

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if there's no multiple choice questions, i would say

because his violence took on the form

of carrying his pillow in his teeth; "

"anything they put in for furniture

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