Which of the following story scenarios would most likely be a parable?
a. a grumpy old donkey hides his money away and ignores his starving neighbor's pleas for food.
b. a mother calls her children in to eat lunch, but one child disobeys and continues playing so that when he comes inside later, there is no food left.
c. a little ant works hard storing food for the winter, while his grasshopper friend spends his day jumping through the summer fields.
d. a fairy godmother allows a beautiful young maiden the chance to attend the coronation of the handsome new king.

Read the excerpt from poe’s "the fall of the house of usher." his ordinary occupations were neglected or forgotten. he roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, an objectless step. the pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue -- but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. which statement best describes the effect of the narration on the story? the narration reveals usher’s feelings of discouragement. the narration reveals usher’s absent-mindedness after his loss. the narration suggests usher’s confusion in the wake of his loss. the narration suggests usher’s mental decline after his sister’s death.