A farmer who lived in a small village suffered from a severe pain in his chest. This never seemed to get any better. The farmer decided that he would go to see a doctor in the nearest town. But as he was a miserly(吝啬的)person, he thought he would find out that a patient had to pay three pounds for the first visit and one pound for the second visit.
The farmer thought about this for a long time, and then he decided to go to the doctor in the town.
As he came to the doctor’s consulting room(诊察室), he said "Good morning, doctor. Here I am again." The doctor was a little surprised. He asked him a few questions. Examined his chest and then took the pound which the farmer insisted on giving him. Then the doctor said with a smile, "Well, sir, there is nothing new. Please continue to take the same medicine I gave you the first time you came to see me.\
Why did the farmer decide to go to see a doctor in the nearest town

A deep freeze is rare, which adds to the attractiveness. "Our winters are influenced by the Gulf Stream and therefore are rather rainy and not very severe," says Co Rentmeester, who was born in Amsterdam. "But when winter is strong and very cold, the lakes and canals freeze, and the Dutch become Olympians. It’s a national passion."
Last winter was strong enough to hold the famous Eleven Cities Tour, a 200-kilometer skating marathon through 11 towns that drew more than 16,000 skaters and haft a million onlookers. Such events give the usually antinationalistic Dutch a chance to cheer their countrymen and their accomplishments. "We can walk on water and see the lands we made with our own hands," says historian Herman Pleij with a laugh. For Dutch skating champion Ria Visser, the attractiveness is more emotional, "To be in nature with the cold and the silence and the wonderful movement of skates, it’s like flying. You feel free.\

A. He is attending his sick mother at home.
B. He is on a European tour with his mother.
C. He is at home on sick leave.
D. He is in Europe to see his mother.