Read the passage from "The Willow-Wren and the Bear"
When the fox felt the first sting, he started so that he lifted
one leg, from pain, but he bore it, and still kept his tail high
in the air, at the second sting, he was forced to put it down
for a moment; at the third, he could hold out no longer,
screamed, and put his tail between his legs. When the
animals saw that, they thought all was lost, and began to
flee, each into his hole, and the birds had won the battle.
Which excerpt from the passage encompasses the falling
action of the story?
O "When the fox felt the first sting, he started so that he
lifted one leg, from pain, but he bore it, and still kept his
tail high in the air."
"When the animals saw that, they thought all was lost,
and began to flee, each into his hole, and the birds had
won the battle."
O "Then the King and Queen flew home to their children
and cried: 'Children, rejoice, eat and drink to your heart's
content, we have won the battle!"
O "And now at last the young wrens were satisfied, and
sat down together and ate and drank, and made merry
till quite late into the night."
Then the King and Queen flew home to their children and
cried: "Children, rejoice, eat and drink to your heart's
content, we have won the battle!" But the young wrens
said: "We will not eat yet, the bear must come to the nest,
and beg for pardon and say that we are honourable
children, before we will do that." Then the willow-wren flew
to the bear's hole and cried: "Growler, you are to come to
the nest to my children, and beg their pardon, or else every
rib of your body shall be broken." So the bear crept thither
in the greatest fear, and begged their pardon. And now at