These twenty-six men show remarkable strength throughout the book, especially the twelve that survived the desert. The sun burns your skin in this desert and the peaks are pointy and scary. There are deadly animals and creatures lurking at night and water is nowhere to be found. These men had a lot of fortitude to survive this ordeal.
The correct answer is C. "A grumpy old donkey hides his money away and ignores his starving neighbor's pleas for food". Parables are not a complete representation of truth that equally apply to all aspects of a story in a completely comprehensive way.
