Read the following paragraph and answer the question that follows:

if that voice sounds true, don't me. that great horned owl. (or perhaps it was not an owl after all? ) and the children, my own and others, who have never forgotten that a good story can be true. for they understand that the power of imagination is truly the power of creation.

which of the following thoughts is expressed explicitly in the paragraph?

a. imagination makes a story real.
b. a fictional story can be real.
c. imagination is the power behind creation.
d. many people remember good stories.