Answer:
C) Both Aesop and Baum give their animals the ability to speak to let readers know more about the characters.
Explanation:
Aesop's fable is a collection of fables which are believed to be written by a slave named Aesop.
Baum's story refers to Baum's Ultimate Collection:Complete Wizard of Oz Series
Both excerpts are fables. They employ the usage of animals as main characters and possess abilities to speak and to reason. In Aesop's fable, we see the Dog talking while in Baum's story, we see the knook also talking. As such, we can thus conclude that these excerpts suggest that <u>both Aesop and Baum give their animals the ability to speak to let readers know more about the characters.</u>
Hence, option C is the correct answer
