Readthe following passage carefully and choose the correct answer: Lizzy awoke early in the morningeven though it was Sunday. She was excited because it was her birthday and shehad turned seven years old. Lizzy got out of bed and saw a very big box,wrapped up in shiny paper, lying by her bedside. She knew that it was a giftfrom her parents. She ripped the wrapping paper and to reopen the box. Inside,was the most beautiful doll that Lizzy had ever seen? She hugged the doll andran to her parents' room. "Thank you. Mama and Papa. I love youboth," screamed Lizzy. Her parents hugged her and wished her 'happybirthday'. Who kept the big box by her bedside?

• A. Mother
• B. Father
• C. Both A and B
• D. None of these