Greasy, gritty, grubby, frantic, fresh, happy, healthy
It’s the third one :) it wasn’t for “modern readers” nor was it because he like Greek mythology. Also this obviously isn’t factual history. I hope this helps!
The main goal of a fable is to:
<span>b. teach a moral
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Most of the fables I have read are either implicitly or explicitly teaching a moral lesson. The usual flow of events is stating the main problem of the characters involved and then providing a solution to it which later on realized by them.
I think the answer might be because of the strangers facial expression and her dialogue
