Read the following conversation and answer the question.

W: Tom, look at your shoes. How dirty they are! You must clean them.

M: Oh, mum, but I cleaned them only yesterday.

W: They are dirty now. You must clean them again.

M: I do not want to clean them today. Even if I clean them today, they will get dirty again tomorrow.

W: All right, then.

M: Mum, give me something to eat, please.

W: You had your breakfast in the morning, Tom, and you had lunch at school.

M: I am hungry again.

W: Oh, hungry? But if I give you something to eat today, you will be hungry again tomorrow.

Question: Why did the woman say that she wouldn't give him anything to eat? 

- Because his mother wants to correct his bad habit.

- Because he had lunch at school.

- Because his mother wants to leave him hungry.


Because his mother wants to correct his bad habit.