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 speaker say to the girl that she was like the speaker?

Select the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

because the speaker too liked to be on his own

The most appropriate answer is: because the speaker too liked to be on his own

• The passage specifically mentions the speaker saying, "You're like me," when the girl confidently says she can stay on her own. This directly points to the shared characteristic of enjoying independence.