What does the following excerpt mean: "Then the slanted rays of the sun burned orange in the tops of the pines, we'd drop our jewels into the stream and watch them float away toward the sea." a. When the seasons changed, they'd leave their jewels in the sea as a buried treasure.
b. The narrator and Doodle discovered jewels in Old Woman Swamp.
c. At sunrise, the boys set off to go to Old Woman Swamp for a day of treasure hunting.
d. At sunset, the boys would place their flower wreaths on the water of Old Woman Swamp.
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