In this task, you're given the title of a five-sentence story, the first four sentences, and two options for the fifth sentence as a and b. Your job is to pick the sentence option that seamlessly connects with the rest of the story, indicating your choice as 'a' or 'b'. If both sentences are plausible, pick the one that makes more sense.

Title: Skating away. Sentence 1: Lucy wanted to skate. Sentence 2: She hadn't done it before. Sentence 3: She decided to take lessons. Sentence 4: On her first lesson she fell. Choices: a. It would be away until she got good. b. Andrew is very happy that he decided to join the cross-country team.
a

Title: Running. Sentence 1: Rick decided that he wanted to start running. Sentence 2: He started off by walking every other day. Sentence 3: Before he got serious he order new running shoes. Sentence 4: Soon he started using a heart rate monitor to improve his training. Choices: a. After that, Amy was able to eat with syrup. b. Within a couple of months Rick ran a race with a bunch of friends.
b

Title: Jelly Bean Jar. Sentence 1: There was a jar of jelly beans in the school office. Sentence 2: Whoever guessed closest to the number in it won them all! Sentence 3: Bonnie visited the office every morning to look at the jar. Sentence 4: Finally she put in her estimate of 1,435 jelly beans. Choices: a. She won when the real number of 1,482 was revealed. b. Riley is taken to the hospital for her bite.
a