Not quite sure I’d listen to the guy who commented first
If you have to create an original fable. The word say's it original. Not copied from a website or books, etc. Then yes you have to make it up on your own. If you want I can help you give a few ideas. I'll post some.
If the underlined sentence is "so that he could learn new skills and serve his country", then it is a subordinate sentence, meaning that it cannot exist on its own, it has to be a part of a larger, independent sentence.
A is the correct answer she tell Ruth that there is nothing in moab for her if i remember right