The resolution of the fable is when the Birds change their minds and start respecting the Owl. This change occurs after they realize the wisdom in her warnings, although it also leads to the Owl's melancholy as she reflects on the folly of her kind.
Read the fable and answer the question that follows.
The Owl is a very wise bird; and once, long ago, when the first oak sprouted in the forest, she called all the other Birds together and said to them, "You see this tiny tree? If you take my advice, you will destroy it now when it is small: for when it grows big, the mistletoe will appear upon it, from which birdlime will be prepared for your destruction." Again, when the first flax was sown, she said to them, "Go and eat up that seed, for it is the seed of the flax, out of which men will one day make nets to catch you." Once more, when she saw the first archer, she warned the Birds that he was their deadly enemy, who would wing his arrows with their own feathers and shoot them. But they took no notice of what she said: in fact, they thought she was rather mad, and laughed at her. When, however, everything turned out as she had foretold, they changed their minds and conceived a great respect for her wisdom. Hence, whenever she appears, the Birds attend upon her in the hope of hearing something that may be for their good. She, however, gives them advice no longer, but sits moping and pondering on the folly of her kind.
What is the resolution of this fable?
When the Owl gives the birds advice and tells them to cut down the young tree
When the Owl warns the Birds that men are making nets and that archers are near
When the Birds change their minds and start respecting the Owl
When the Owl mopes and thinks about the foolishness of the other Birds
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