1. the crow and the pitcher
a crow perishing with thirst saw a pitcher, and hoping to find water, flew to it
itsi saw a pitcher, and hoping to find water, flew to it with delight. when he reached
it, he discovered to his grief that it contained so little water that he could not possibly get a
everything he could think of to reach the water, but all his efforts were in vain. at last he come
stones as he could carry and dropped them one by one with his beak into the pitcher, until he brouge
within his reach and thus saved his life.

what is the theme in the passage above?

a. if at first you don't succeed, try, and try again.
b. nobody is perfect.
c. you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
d. physical activity will you when you least expect it.

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.