Old Mama Dot
Born on a sunday
In the kingdom of Asante
Sold on a monday
Into slavery
Ran away on tuesday
Cause she born free
Lost a foot on wednesday
When they catch she
Worked all thursday
Till her head grey
Dropped on friday
Where they burn she
Freed on saturday
In a new century
(D’AGUIAR, F. Old Mama Dot. In: BERRY, J. (ed.) News for Babylon: The Chatto book of West Indian-British Poetry, London: Chatto & Windus, 1984, p.26.
Assinale a alternativa que apresenta, corretamente, os versos que indicam o envelhecimento de Mama Dot.