In an instant he had reached the extremity of the niche, and finding his progress arrested by the rock, stood stupidly bewildered . a moment more and i had fettered him to the granite.
in the passage above, the word fettered most nearly means to
a) fasten securely
b)beat or strike relentlessly
c)overcome as in a race
d)compliment excessively

explanation:

gay

the examples that saki used to represent satire through situational irony are options two (2) and five (5) inasmuch as the wolf thought that looking for a girl in the bushes could be as easy as hunting little pigs at the park, but it took him so much time to find the girl if it had not been not for a silly mistake. also, bertha would have survived to the wolf's hunt if she had not won those medals for goodness, which at the end they were what got her killed by making noise, so winning medals of goodness was not so good achievement, after all.