The following text is adapted from Edith Nesbit's 1906 novel The Railway Children. Mother did not spend all her time in paying dull [visits] to dull ladies.and sitting dully at home waiting for dull ladies to pay [visits] to her.She was almost always there.ready to play with the children, and read to them, and help them to do their home-lessons. Besides this she used to write stories for them while they were at school and read them aloud after tea, and she always made up funny pieces of poetry for their birthdays and for other great occasions. According to the text what is true about Mother? A) She wishes that more ladies would visit her. B) Birthdays are her favorite special occasion. C She creates stories and poems for her children. D) Readingto herchildren's berfavoriteactivity

## Step 1<br />The problem is a reading comprehension question. The text is an excerpt from Edith Nesbit's novel "The Railway Children". The question asks us to identify what is true about the character "Mother" based on the information provided in the text.<br /><br />## Step 2<br />We need to carefully read and analyze the text. The text describes Mother's activities and her relationship with her children. It mentions that Mother does not spend all her time visiting dull ladies or sitting at home waiting for dull ladies to visit her. Instead, she is always ready to play with the children, read to them, help them with their homework, write stories for them, read them aloud after tea, and create funny pieces of poetry for their birthdays and other special occasions.<br /><br />## Step 3<br />Based on the information provided in the text, we can see that Mother creates stories and poems for her children. This corresponds to option C.