In this task, you will be given a short story. One sentence from the story is chosen. Consider the likely emotions and basic human drives of the participants in that sentence. Does any of these states of mind/feelings motivate the participant to do what happens in that sentence? You should write your answer in the form " A >Motivates> B". Try to use phrases and sentences from the story to compose your answer when possible. For the motivation sentence, you must choose a verb from :feel(s), want(s) or like(s). There will always be some motivation in the given story.
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Question: story: Alex's mom was going out of town. She was leaving him with his dad. Dad and Alex helped mom put her things in the car. They drove mom to the airport. Mom gave Alex a big hug and disappeared behind the large sliding door.
selected sentence: She was leaving him with his dad.

Answer: Alex feels cared for >Motivates> Alex is staying with his dad

Question: story: Sandy had needed stitches after falling from her bike. Now her wound was healed. It was time for the stitches to come out. Sandy was afraid, thinking it would be painful. But thankfully, it did not hurt at all to get the stitches removed!
selected sentence: Sandy was afraid, thinking it would be painful.

Answer: Sandy feel(s) apprehensive >Motivates> Sandy is afraid

Question: story: I went to North Conway with my girlfriend in 1980. We did not have a car and took the bus. We stayed at a quiet hotel and had dinner. We took the bus back to Boston. We got married a year later.
selected sentence: We did not have a car and took the bus.

Answer:
We feel(s) poor >Motivates> We did not have a car so we took the bus