This question involved Latin.
Ostendere : Ostensible :: (D) Videre : Introspection
Answer:
address is not nessecary :)
to represent an idea or abstraction
Answer: choice number 3
The story is basically saying that we can learn from our elders, because they have been around longer and have more experience than us.
You can see this when it says "the tree is older than you are...you might find stories in its branches".
