Read the passage and answer the questions given below it.

The children were to be driven, as a special treat, to the sands at Jagborough. Nicholas was not to be of the party; he was in disgrace. Only that morning he had refused to eat his wholesome bread-and-milk on the seemingly frivolous ground that there was a frog in it. Older and wiser and better people(his aunt), had told him that there could not possibly be a frog in his bread-and-milk and that he was not to talk nonsense; he continued, nevertheless, to talk what seemed complete nonsense, and described with much detail the coloration and markings of the alleged frog. The dramatic part of the incident was that there really was a frog in Nicholas's basin of bread-and-milk; he had put it there himself, so he felt entitled to know something about it. The sin of taking a frog from the garden and putting it into a bowl of wholesome bread-and-milk was enlarged on at great length, but the fact that stood out clearest in the whole affair, as it presented itself to the mind of Nicholas, was that the older, wiser, and better people had been proved to be profoundly in error in matters about which they had expressed the utmost assurance. "You said there couldn't possibly be a frog in my bread-and-milk; there was a frog in my bread-and-milk," he repeated, with the insistence of a skilled tactician who does not intend to shift from favourable ground.

What was the aunt trying to tell Nicholas?

That he should have eaten the bread and milk

The correct answer is OPTION 3 - That he should have eaten the bread and milk

Based on the passage, the aunt was most likely trying to tell Nicholas:That he should have eaten the bread and milk

• The passage emphasizes that Nicholas refused to eat his bread-and-milk because he claimed there was a frog in it.
• The aunt, along with "older and wiser and better people," insisted there couldn't possibly be a frog and that Nicholas was talking nonsense.
• Later, it's revealed there actually was a frog, but Nicholas put it there himself.

While the aunt might have been indirectly implying other things (like punishment for misbehaving or playing with his cousins), the main point of contention seems to be about eating the bread-and-milk, which Nicholas refused based on his (ultimately false) claim.

The other options are less likely based on the passage:

• There's no indication Nicholas was given a choice to stay back.
• Punishment isn't directly mentioned in the context of the conversation about the frog.
• While the trip might have been intended for playing with cousins, the aunt's focus seems to be on getting Nicholas to eat his breakfast.