Read the passage.

Wee, sleekit, cow’rin’, tim’rous beastie,
O, what a panic’s in thy breastie!
What is the best paraphrase of these opening lines from the poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns?


a.Poor, little scared thing! How panicked you are!
b. Little, sleek,panicky thing, you look like a cow!
c. You’re a beast if you think I will spare your life!
d. You cowardly beast! Don’t run away from me!