Question

i like to think some boys been swinging them. but swinging doesnt bend them down to stay. ice - storms do that. often you must have seen them loaded with ice a sunny winter morning after a rain. they click upon themselves as the breeze rises, and turn many - colored as the stir cracks and crazes their enamel. soon the suns warmth makes them shed crystal shells shattering and avalanching on the snow - crust— such heaps of broken glass to sweep away youd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen. what is the best description of the theme of this excerpt? the sun is more powerful than ice and snow. birches are destroyed by both people and nature. the sun has a wondrous effect on icy birch branches. ice storms are natures most powerful force

Explanation:

The excerpt describes how ice - storms load birch branches with ice, and then the sun's warmth causes the ice to shatter and avalanche. It emphasizes the beautiful and almost magical transformation the sun brings to the icy birch branches.

Answer:

The sun has a wondrous effect on icy birch branches.