Here was once a young shepherd boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark forest. it was rather lonely for him all day, so he thought upon a plan by which he could get a little company and some excitement. he rushed down towards the village calling out “wolf, wolf,” and the villagers came out to meet him, and some of them stopped with him for a considerable time. this the boy so much that a few days afterwards he tried the same trick, and again the villagers came to his . but shortly after this a wolf actually did come out from the forest, and began to worry the sheep, and the boy of course cried out “wolf, wolf,” still louder than before. but this time the villagers, who had been fooled twice before, thought the boy was again deceiving them, and nobody stirred to come to his . so the wolf made a good meal of the boy’s flock. what is the lesson to be learned from this fable? a. you should not lie. b. you should always stay on task. c. it is acceptable to lie if you are just joking. d. you should be upset with people when they do not get your humor.

Read the excerpt from "the storyteller." the smaller girl created a diversion by beginning to recite "on the road to mandalay.” she only knew the first line, but she put her limited knowledge to the fullest possible use. she repeated the line over and over again in a dreamy but resolute and very audible voice; it seemed to the bachelor as though some one had had a bet with her that she could not repeat the line aloud two thousand times without stopping. whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet. "come over here and listen to a story,” said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord. the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage. evidently her reputation as a storyteller did not rank high in their estimation. in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good, and made friends with every one on account of her goodness, and was finally saved from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who admired her moral character. which instances of situational irony occur in the passage? select two options. a.) “whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet.” b.) “‘come over here and listen to a story,’ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.” -- c.) “the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage.” d.) “evidently her reputation as a story-teller did not rank high in their estimation.” -- e.) “in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good.”