The old man compared(把…比喻为…)the big tree to ______ and the young one to ______.

A．Robert Edwards had been blind and deaf for nearly ten years.
B．Edwards lost all his senses for about 20 minutes after the lightning had struck him down.
C．Doctors held the belief that Edwards was never really blind or deaf.
D．Edwards woke up with his face in mu

A．the thunder strike; to get up on his feet
B．his fall down in the courtyard; to find somebody for help
C．the car accident; to kill himself
D．the terrible sickness; to bring his life to an end