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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Question
Use the story to answer the question.
Which summary is objective and complete?
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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 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 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. 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. 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 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.
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