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Which summary of A Fable, By Mark Twain is objective and complete?
The story is a fable about a cat who tries to show its animal friends a picture. The friends all make the mistake of standing between a mirror and the picture, so they only see themselves—not the picture. Because they all see something different, they each mistakenly think the others are lying. The cat summarizes the story’s moral, which is that one will see what one expects to see in a text if they are not careful to look past their own ideas.
The story is a fable about a cat who tries to show its animal friends a picture. The friends all make the mistake of standing between a mirror and the picture, so they only see themselves—not the picture. Because they all see something different, they each mistakenly think the others are lying. In the end, they are all angry with each other and the cat is the only one who understands what happened.
The story is about a cat who sees things differently than its animal friends. Each animal that tries to see what the cat sees ends up seeing something else, and the animals all end up angry. The cat summarizes the story’s moral, which is that one will see what one expects to see in a text if they are not careful to look past their own ideas.
The story is a fable about a cat who tries to show its animal friends a picture. At first, the other animals are suspicious because the cat gets a bit ridiculous describing how wonderful the picture is. But eventually, the friends agree to look. They all make the mistake of standing between a mirror and the picture, so they only see themselves—not the picture. They aren’t as smart as the cat, and the cat can’t explain to them what they are doing wrong. The cat summarizes the story’s moral, which is that one will see what one expects to see in a text if they are not careful to look past their own ideas.
The story is a fable about a cat who tries to show its animal friends a picture. The friends all make the mistake of standing between a mirror and the picture, so they only see themselves—not the picture. Because they all see something different, they each mistakenly think the others are lying. The cat summarizes the story’s moral, which is that one will see what one expects to see in a text if they are not careful to look past their own ideas.
The story is a fable about a cat who tries to show its animal friends a picture. The friends all make the mistake of standing between a mirror and the picture, so they only see themselves—not the picture. Because they all see something different, they each mistakenly think the others are lying. In the end, they are all angry with each other and the cat is the only one who understands what happened.
The story is about a cat who sees things differently than its animal friends. Each animal that tries to see what the cat sees ends up seeing something else, and the animals all end up angry. The cat summarizes the story’s moral, which is that one will see what one expects to see in a text if they are not careful to look past their own ideas.
The story is a fable about a cat who tries to show its animal friends a picture. At first, the other animals are suspicious because the cat gets a bit ridiculous describing how wonderful the picture is. But eventually, the friends agree to look. They all make the mistake of standing between a mirror and the picture, so they only see themselves—not the picture. They aren’t as smart as the cat, and the cat can’t explain to them what they are doing wrong. The cat summarizes the story’s moral, which is that one will see what one expects to see in a text if they are not careful to look past their own ideas.
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The first summary is the most objective and complete. It clearly outlines the main events of the fable, including the cat's attempt to show its friends a picture, the animals' mistake of positioning themselves between the mirror and the picture, their misunderstanding of each other's experiences, and concludes with the moral of the story. It accurately captures the essence of the narrative without introducing any additional subjective interpretations or assumptions about the characters' intelligence or motives.