Read the excerpt from "The Caterpillar and the Butterfly.”Before attempting the unknown journey, however, he flew back to the round, green cabbage-head on which he had lived so long. There were the twenty, small, green caterpillars, still creeping slowly about and filling themselves with cabbage-leaf. This was all they knew how to do, and this they did faithfully. "Never mind, little caterpillars," said the new butterfly as he hovered over them, "keep on at your work; the cabbage leaf gives you food, and the crawling makes you strong. By and by you, too, shall be butterflies and go forth free and glad into God's great upper world." Which best describes the message of this fable?
Answer
A
People should envy those who are smaller or less powerful.
B
People who are strong should use their power over smaller beings.
C
People should fear those who are smaller or less powerful.
D
People who are powerful should take care of those who are smaller.
Explanation
The butterfly speaks kindly to the caterpillars and encourages them to keep growing until they can become butterflies too. Rather than using its new freedom or strength to frighten or control them, it offers reassurance and guidance. The message is that people who are powerful should take care of those who are smaller.
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