Iwill make you ! once a farmer and a potter jointly hired a camel, and each filled one side of the saddle with his goods. as he went along the road, the camel took a mouthful every now and then from the farmer's bag of vegetables. this provoked a laugh from the potter, who thought he had the best of the bargain. but the time came for the camel to sit, and he naturally sat on the heavier side, bearing down on the pots. this caused the pots to break in the bag, and then the farmer had all the laughs to himself. what is the theme of this passage? a- a fool and his money are soon parted. b- greediness doesn't pay off in the end. c- it is important to prepare for the future. d. he who laughs last, laughs best.

Select the correct text in the passage. which part of this excerpt from homer's odyssey uses an epic simile? the king himself the vases ranged with care; then bade his followers to the feast prepare. a victim ox beneath the sacred hand of great alcinous falls, and stains the sand. to jove the eternal (power above all powers! who wings the winds, and darkens heaven with showers) the flames ascend: till evening they prolong the rites, more sacred made by heavenly song; for in the midst, with public honours graced, thy lyre divine, demodocus! was placed. all, but ulysses, heard with fix'd delight; he sate, and eyed the sun, and wish’d the night; slow seem’d the sun to move, the hours to roll, his native home deep-imaged in his soul. as the tired ploughman, spent with stubborn toil, whose oxen long have torn the furrow'd soil, sees with delight the sun's declining ray, when home with feeble knees he bends his way to late repast (the day's hard labour done); so to ulysses welcome set the sun; then instant to alcinous and the rest (the scherian states) he turn’d, and thus address'd: "o thou, the first in merit and command! and you the peers and princes of the land! may every joy be yours! nor this the least, when due libation shall have crown'd the feast,