A FOX one day fell into a deep well and could find no means of escape. A Goat, overcome with thirst, came to the same well, and seeing the Fox, inquired if the water was good. Concealing his sad plight under a merry guise, the Fox indulged in a lavish praise of the water, saying it was excellent beyond measure, and encouraging him to descend. The Goat, mindful only of his thirst, thoughtlessly jumped down, but just as he drank, the Fox informed him of the difficulty they were both in and suggested a scheme for their common escape. "If," said he, "you will place your forefeet upon the wall and bend your head, I will run up your back and escape, and will help you out afterward." The Goat readily assented and the Fox leaped upon his back. Steadying himself with the Goat's horns, he safely reached the mouth of the well and made off as fast as he could. When the Goat upbraided him for breaking his promise, he turned around and cried out, "You foolish old fellow! If you had as many brains in your head as you have hairs in your beard, you would never have gone down before you had inspected the way up, nor have exposed yourself to dangers from which you had no means of escape."
What is the moral of the story? Think things through before taking action. Don't be impulsive.
Basically, the theme is think before you leap.
I would also say D ( it introduces the speaker's sense of fondness for the orchards) is the answer because the original statement describes being in an orchard as a pleasant experience instead of dull and uninteresting like A would suggest. B would not be the correct answer because of the adjectives used. C would also not be correct because the original statement doesn't describe what the orchard looked like.
Hopefully this helped.
Poe suffered from recurrent depression, suggesting a bipolar disorder, as well as alcohol and drug abuse, which in fact led to his death from complications related to alcoholism. Various hypotheses were put forward, including Wernicke's encephalopathy. Poe's desire to write and his attraction to art and culture seems natural given his parents both worked as actors in the theatre. His father abandoned the family a year after Edgar was born and his mother died a year later, leaving him orphaned. Though his foster family never formally adopted him and were always detached, he remained with them until his early adulthood, with their begrudging support of his desire for college studies despite frequent clashes about financial obligations.
