Answer:
C - to escape being eaten by the whale
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Based on the excerpt from “How the Whale Got His Throat,” the 'Stute Fish’s motivation is: C. to escape being eaten by the Whale.
This is a short fictional story that is written by a Whale and a small fish referred to as 'Stute Fish. The Whale had eaten all the other fishes in the sea except for the 'Stute Fish, which swam a little behind the Whale's right ear, so as to avoid being harmed.
Based on the excerpt from “How the Whale Got His Throat,” we can infer and logically conclude that the 'Stute Fish’s motivation is to escape being eaten by the Whale, when it asked "Noble and generous Cetacean, have you ever tasted Man?"
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