Read the following passage given below and Answer the question.
A girl was standing on the veranda porch, looking at me very seriously. When I saw her, I sat up in bed with a start.
She was a small dark girl, her eyes big and black, her pigtails tied up in a bright red ribbon, and she was fresh and clean like the rain and the red earth.
She stood looking at me and was very serious. 'Hullo, 'I said, smiling and trying to put her at ease. But the girl was business-like and acknowledged my greeting with a brief nod.
'Can I do anything for you'? With great assurance she said, 'Yes, but I can stay on my own'.
'You're like me,' I said, and for a while, forgot about being an old man of twenty. 'I like to be on my own but I'm going away today'.
'Oh,'she said, a little breathlessly.
'Would you care to go to England'?
'I want to go everywhere,' she said. To America and Africa and Japan and Honolulu'.
'Maybe you will,' I said, 'I'm going everywhere and no one can stop me... But what is it you want what did you come for' ?
'I want some flowers but I can't reach them she waved her hand towards the garden, that tree ... see' ?
Why did the girl come to the narrator's place?
Select the most suitable option :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → The girl wanted to collect some flowers.
When the narrator asked "what did you come for", the girl replied, "I want some flowers but I can't reach them", waving towards the garden and a tree. She came for flowers she could not reach herself.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: The girl wanted to visit the garden. — Incorrect. Wrong focus: she points to the garden only to show where the flowers are; visiting it is not her purpose.
Option 3: The girl wanted to go every where. — Incorrect. Wrong reason: this is her dream for the future, mentioned in passing, not the reason she came.
Option 4: The girl wanted to climb the tree. — Incorrect. Wrong focus: she mentions the tree because the flowers are on it and out of her reach; she wants the flowers, not a climb.