Read the passage from "The Storyteller."
The children moved listlessly towards the aunt's end
of the carriage. Evidently her reputation as a
storyteller did not rank high in their estimation.
In a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent
intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her
listeners, she began an unenterprising and
deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who
was good, and made friends with every one on
account of her goodness, and was finally saved
from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who
admired her moral character.
"Wouldn't they have saved her if she hadn't been
good?" demanded the bigger of the small girls. It
was exactly the question that the bachelor had
wanted to ask.
Mark this and return
Which statement best explains the situational irony
that occurs in the passage?
The aunt expects the children to laugh at the
story, but they do not.
The children expect their aunt to tell a funny
story, but she does not.
The children do not like the story, even though it
is very interesting.
The aunt tells a story with a moral, but the
children ignore the lesson
