A Fable

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A Fable

by Mark Twain

Once upon a time an artist who had painted a small and very beautiful picture placed it so that he could see it in the mirror. He said, “This doubles the distance and softens it, and it is twice as lovely as it was before.”

The animals out in the woods heard of this through the housecat, who was greatly admired by them because he was so learned, and so refined and civilized, and so polite and high-bred, and could tell them so much which they didn't know before, and were not certain about afterward. They were much excited about this new piece of gossip, and they asked questions, so as to get at a full understanding of it. They asked what a picture was, and the cat explained.

“It is a flat thing,” he said; “wonderfully flat, marvelously flat, enchantingly flat and elegant. And, oh, so beautiful!”

That excited them almost to a frenzy, and they said they would give the world to see it. Then the bear asked:
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Use the story to answer the question.

What is one theme from the story?
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Responses

how we see ourselves
how we see ourselves
how we treat others
how we treat others
how we mislead ourselves
how we mislead ourselves
how we make mistakes

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Answer 1

Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
25 days ago

One theme from the story is how we mislead ourselves. The animals are captivated by the cat's description of the picture, highlighting how easily they can be influenced by the ideas and perceptions of others, even if they don’t fully understand them.

A Fable

One theme from the story is **how we mislead ourselves**. The animals are captivated by the cat's description of the picture, highlighting how easily they can be influenced by the ideas and perceptions of others, even if they don’t fully understand them.

One theme from the story is how we mislead ourselves. The animals are captivated by the cat's description of the picture, highlighting how easily they can be influenced by the ideas and perceptions of others, even if they don’t fully understand them.