Mrs. Donovan says that the burnt pancakes were the best she ever
tasted. Why does she say this?
She thinks the love behind the gift is
what matters most.
She is letting Edgar know that she
prefers to eat burnt food.
She thinks that saying this will make
Edgar laugh.
She forgets how bad the pancakes
tasted.

She thinks the love behind the gift is

what matters most.

Explanation:

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.

the answer to this question is unstoppable.