Hello,<br/><br/>1.An owl is sitting in the tree.<br/><br/>2. It is -------- baby owl. (a)<br/><br/>3. -------- baby owl is small. (the)<br/><br/>In (1,2,3), I have to fill in with an article. My choices are in the bracket.<br/><br/>My doubt is , why we cannot use the article "the" in (2) , as it (Owl) has already been introduced in the line(1) for example<br/><br/>An old man is walking with <b>a little boy</b>. The old man is <b>the boys's</b> grandfather.<br/><br/>Please help me.