This fable shows that the things and people considered unimportant might have a big impact on our lives. It is significant never to underestimate an underdog that one day he might prove his worth. We can observe this idea in the fable when the time comes and the mouse proves himself worthy. In matter of size, the story resembles <em>David and Goliath</em> where David defeats his opponent although he was smaller than him. The correct answer is D.
I belive the correct answers are: A and C
"Sweating in the heat, we had lost the whole day, dreading to be buried alive in the drifting sand."
"Sand in the scanty food, sand in the brackish water--water that was drunk lukewarm from a clammy, loathsome water skin."
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That type of figurative language is a metaphor.
