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

Once, an ant who had come to drink at a stream fell into the water and was carried away by the swift current. He was in great danger of drowning. A dove, perched on a nearly tree, saw the ant's danger and dropped a leaf into the water. The ant climbed on to this and was carried to safety.

Sometimes after this, a hunter, creeping through the bushes, saw the dove asleep and took careful aim with his gun. He was about to fire when the ant, who was nearby, crawled forward and bit him sharply in the ankle. The hunter missed his aim and the loud noise.... of the gun awakened the dove from her sleep. She saw her danger and flew swiftly away to safety. Thus, the ant repaid the dove for having saved his life in the foaming current of the stream.

The dove was in danger because

A) A hunter wanted to care for it

B) There was a bush nearby

C) A hunter was about to shoot it

D) It had fallen off the branch