Given below are six sentences taken from a paragraph. The first and the last sentences are numbered S1 and S2 and are placed in the first and last positions respectively and are fixed in their positions. The other four sentences between the first and last sentences are jumbled up and are numbered A, B, C, and D. Rearrange the jumbled sentences in a logical sequence keeping the unity and coherence of the paragraph intact. Choose the correct alternative that best describes the sequence.
S1. He saw a most wonderful sight.
A. In every tree that he could see there was a little child.
B. The birds were flying about and twittering with delight, and the flowers were looking up through the green grass and laughing.
C. And the trees were so glad to have the children back again that they had covered themselves with blossoms and were waving their arms gently above the children's heads.
D. Through a little hole in the wall the children had crept in, and they were sitting in the branches of the trees.
S2. It was a lovely scene, only in one corner it was still winter.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
S1 to D: After S1 mentions a "wonderful sight," D acts as the best follow-up because it explains the immediate cause of the sight: children creeping into the garden.
D to A: Sentence D mentions children "sitting in the branches," and A expands on this by saying there was a child in "every tree."
B is directly connected to S2 flowers were laughing which was a lovely scene.
DACB is the correct sequence.