What magic did the red and white beads have? A
The red beads caused things to move forward, and the
white beads caused things to move backward.
B
The red beads showed a person's past, and the white
beads showed a person's future.
С
The red beads made things smaller, and the white beads
made things bigger.
D
The red beads turned things into gold, and the white
beads turned things into silver.

"why don't you like me the way i am? " i cried. "i'm not a genius! i can't play the piano, and even if i could, i wouldn't go on tv if you paid me a million dollars! "

explanation:

the conflict between jing-mei and her mother is over jing-mei's piano lessons since her mother wants her to become a prodigy but she does not want to play it any more.

i think continuous as the stars that shine and twinkle on the milky way, they

stretched in never-ending line along the margin of a bay; ten thousand saw

i at glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance.