I'm confused, could you reword, I would love to help 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
The aunt tells a story with a moral, but the children ignore the lesson.
Explanation:
From the text we know that the children already acknowledge the poor storytelling abilities of their aunt and thus do not expect much from the story. 
Despite the boring nature of the story, the aunt does try to lacklusterly include a moral, but the moral is completely ignored by the children who notice instead the many faults of the story. 
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Answer:
1. The trees hovered over the hiking trails like <em><u>an umbrella</u></em>. 
2. The lightning flashed like <u><em>Zeus' thunderbolt</em></u>. 
3. His heart was as cold as <em><u>stone</u></em>. 
4. The car was as fast as <em><u>the Flash</u></em>. 
5. The ocean was as blue as <u><em>a clear sky</em></u>.
Explanation:
Similes are literary techniques used to make comparisons between similar things though there is no relation between the two. They are the same as metaphors except that similes use "like" and "as" in each comparison.
The given incomplete sentences are filled with similes as follows-
1. The trees hovered over the hiking trails like <em><u>an umbrella</u></em>. 
2. The lightning flashed like <u><em>Zeus' thunderbolt</em></u>. 
3. His heart was as cold as <em><u>stone</u></em>. 
4. The car was as fast as <em><u>the Flash</u></em>. 
5. The ocean was as blue as <u><em>a clear sky</em></u>.