HELP ME OUT PLEASE!!!!!!!!

Read the following sentences from the first stanza: "The whole idea of it makes me feel like I'm coming down with something" The speaker uses the simile in these lines primarily to help the reader understand that

He'd rather stay home from school when he's sick

He is dreading growing up so much that it makes him feel ill

He's nervous about becoming sick

He's excited his birthday and being older

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Why does the speaker include the sensory language in stanza 3?

To help the reader understand that his bike is broken

To make sure the reader understood that he is unable to play anymore confused because he thinks he can walk throughout the universe.

To show the importance of young children being active outside

To show the somber emotions that he feels now that he's leaving childhood behind​