Answer:
Stalactites 
Explanation:
A tapering structure hanging like an icicle from the roof of a cave, formed of calcium salts deposited by dripping water.
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
What did the author say? Its hard to answer without content clues.
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
1. Italian Stories ⇒ Decameron
2. Chaucer ⇒ Canterbury Tales
3. First "actual" short stories ⇒ 19th century
4.Old Testament stories ⇒ Jonah and Ruth
5. New Testament stories ⇒ Parables
 
        
             
        
        
        
Edward de Vere was the famous writer who wrote Shakespeare's plays on the side of philosophical and political career.