In this task, you will be given a short story. One sentence from the story is chosen. Consider the likely emotions and basic human drives of the participants in that sentence. Does any of these states of mind/feelings motivate the participant to do what happens in that sentence? You should write your answer in the form " A >Motivates> B". Try to use phrases and sentences from the story to compose your answer when possible. For the motivation sentence, you must choose a verb from :feel(s), want(s) or like(s). There will always be some motivation in the given story.
Q: story: Max hated doing homework. One day, he decided he was going to say that his dog ate his work. Max told his teacher the story. Max's teacher did not believe him. She sent a note to his parents explaining what he'd done.
 selected sentence: Max told his teacher the story.
A: 
Max want(s) to tell >Motivates> Max tells