C. Dealing with loss and personal growth
This option is most accurate because firstly, the excerpt mentions that the author experienced loss. This is apparent from the line in the excerpt "After suffering emotional and material losses...".
“It was indeed a mistake to help such an ungrateful creature!” Just because you are nice to someone, does not mean that they will be nice to you. Each of these characters thought that he was the one that was doing the "right" thing. The Lion was greedy and he did not realize how compassionate the woodpecker was toward him.
Answer:
Figurative language, It's simple.
B. is the answer
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