Read the sentence from Passage 1....“A little way off was a small brook, rushing and sparkling along between green banks, and murmuring in a voice very grateful to a little girl who had lived so long on the dry, gray prairies.” (paragraph 3)....What effect does this sentence have on the story?

A) It explains why Dorothy is so happy to leave home.
B) It compares Dorothy’s home to this new world.
C) It describes why Dorothy wants to go home.
D) It suggests that Dorothy is not grateful.