Choose the correct answer to option 6

CARROTS, EGGS, OR COFFEE

A young woman went to her grandmother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she (1) ....... make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem (2) ....... , a new one would pop up.

Her grandmother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed (3) ....... on a high fire, and soon the pots came to boil. In the first pot she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them (4) ....... without saying a word. In about twenty minutes she turned (5) ....... the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl.

She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. (6) ....... to her granddaughter, she asked, 'Tell me what you see.'

'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied. Her grandmother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they (7) ....... soft. The grandmother then asked the granddaughter to take an egg and break it. After (8) ....... off the shell, she observed the hardboiled egg. Finally, the grandmother asked the granddaughter to sip the coffee. The granddaughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma then asked, 'What (9) ....... , grandmother?'

She answered: (10) ....... water. Each reacted (11) ....... . The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became (12) ...... . The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water. 'Which are you?' she asked her granddaughter.