Read the passage from "arachne and athena" part 2.
then the two began to weave. shuttles flew and treadles rocked. the action stopped only when a new thread was chosen. slowly, pictures began to form on each cloth.
athena’s cloth seemed to bloom into a garden. it looked so real that the smell of flowers seemed to fill the room. as she kept weaving, gods and goddesses appeared among the plants. some were shown doing good deeds. others were giving gifts to humans. however, near the edges of the cloth, athena wove very different scenes. these showed what happened to humans who did not goddesses and gods.
which clue from the passage a reader predict that athena is a better weaver than arachne?
shuttles flew and treadles rocked.
slowly, pictures began to form on each cloth.
athena’s cloth seemed to bloom into a garden.
as she kept weaving, gods and goddesses appeared .