Pauline was grocery shopping with her new husband Paul. They had only been in the store a few minutes when Paul put three cans of vegetable soup into the cart. When Pauline returned with three bags of fresh vegetables, she saw the cans. “Why are these cans in our cart?” she asked Paul. “Did you put them there?”

Question

Paul was taken aback. Vegetable soup was one of his favorite meals. As a bachelor, he ate it several times a month. “It’s vegetable soup,” he said. “I’ve been eating it my whole life. I love vegetable soup.”
Pauline picked up one of the cans and spun it so she could read the ingredients on the label. She looked at her new husband. “Have you ever read the label on a can of vegetable soup?” she asked.
Paul looked sheepish as he responded that he hadn’t. “But what could be bad about vegetable soup?” he said defensively. “Vegetables are good for you.”
“Fresh vegetables are good for you,” Pauline said. “They cooked these vegetables for so long they cooked all the nutrients out. Not to mention the salt content, there’s enough salt in this can to give high blood pressure to a horse."
“But I love it,” Paul whined.
Pauline put her arm around Paul and said, “Honey, I love you too much to let you put unhealthy food in your body. Let me put it to you straight, as long as I’m cooking, we don’t eat from cans. Now that I know how much you love vegetable soup, I will make it for you and there will always be some in the refrigerator. You’ll like it much better than this canned stuff. All you’re really tasting is the salt.”
Pauline hugged Paul and put the cans back on the shelf. “I want you to live a long and healthy life,” she said and kissed him on the cheek.

What happens in the story that helps resolve the problem?
A.
Paul puts the can of soup back on the shelf.
B.
Paul argues that vegetable soup is healthy.
C.
Pauline reads the soup can's label to Paul.
D.
Pauline offers to make fresh vegetable soup.

Answer 1

D. Pauline offers to make fresh vegetable soup.