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. Saidjah, who was then about seven, soon made friends with the new buffalo.
A. Such a friendship the little Saidjah had soon been able to make with the newcomer; and it seemed as if the encouraging voice of the child gave more strength to the heavy shoulders of the animal, when it tore open the stiff clay and traced its way in deep sharp furrows.
B. Of this attachment I shall soon give an example.
C. The large strong animal bends its heavy head to the right, to the left, or downwards, just as the pressure of the child's finger directs.
D. I purposely say "made friends," for it was indeed touching to see how the buffalo was attached to the little boy who watched over and fed him.
S2. The buffalo turned willingly on reaching the end of the field, not losing an inch of ground when plowing backwards the new furrow, which was ever near the old, as if the sawah was a garden ground raked by a giant.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
Correct sequence of sentences:
S1. Saidjah, who was then about seven, soon made friends with the new buffalo.
D. I purposely say "made friends," for it was indeed touching to see how the buffalo was attached to the little boy who watched over and fed him.
B. Of this attachment I shall soon give an example.
C. The large strong animal bends its heavy head to the right, to the left, or downwards, just as the pressure of the child's finger directs.
A. Such a friendship the little Saidjah had soon been able to make with the newcomer; and it seemed as if the encouraging voice of the child gave more strength to the heavy shoulders of the animal, when it tore open the stiff clay and traced its way in deep sharp. furrows.
S2. The buffalo turned willingly on reaching the end of the field, not losing an inch of ground when plowing backwards the new furrow, which was ever near the old, as if the sawah was a garden ground raked by a giant.
Option ‘A’ is the correct answer.