Question

What does the narrator mean when she says "I can see a story developing behind her eyes", in the story "Museum Indians" in lines 51-59?

Answer 1

the narrator means she can see her imagining the story, or developing a story to go with the scene

Answer 2

She means that her mom is thinking about the story

Step-by-step explanation:

The expression behind someone's eyes means that there is a mental process to remember or create a story coming from her mother about the reason why Picasso was blue. The expression " she relates anecdotes I will never find in books" supports the idea that everything comes from her brain and not from books.