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Direction: Read the following passage carefully and then answer the questions given below it.

It is said that once three old men set out on a journey together. One of them was bald, the second was a philosopher and the third one was a barber. At nightfall, they decided that each one of them should sit for watch turn by turn. The barber was to keep watch first of all, the philosopher after that and the bold man last of all. So, the philosopher and the bald man went to sleep and the barber was on watch. For some time he kept awake but in the end, he felt tired of it and he thought of some diversion as otherwise it was difficult for him to pass time. Then, he took out the razor from his box and shaved the head of the philosopher. At the fixed time, he woke up the philosopher and himself went to sleep. When the philosopher got up and felt his head all over, he was startled and said in surprise, "It is my turn but this wretehed fellow has awakened bald man."

Why did the barber shave off the head of the philosopher?

A) He was jealous of him

B) He wanted the philosopher to keep watch first

C) He was feeling drowsy

D) He wanted some amusement