The Eagle and the Fox One morning the fox said to his children, "I will find some eggs for breakfast." He went to the woods, there the fox saw an eagle's nest in the top branch of a tree. "How can I reach those eggs?" he thought.
Then he had a plan and he put some grass stalks into his ears and knocked on the tree with them. "Throw an egg to me," cried the fox. "If you do not throw an egg to me, I will knock this great tree over with these grass stalks."
The eagle was terribly frightened, and she threw an egg down to the fox.
"Throw another egg down to me at once," demanded the fox, when he saw that he had frightened the eagle.
"One egg is enough," said the eagle. "I shall not throw down any more eggs."
"Throw another egg to me, or I shall knock the tree over with these grass stalks, and take all your eggs," said the fox. The eagle was still more frightened, and she threw down another egg and then the fox laughed and said, "How could I knock down a great tree with these small grass stalks?"
The eagle became very angry so she flew down from her nest and grasped the fox with her talons. She lifted the fox up and flew with him far out to sea. Then she dropped him upon a lonely island and the fox was left there.
After a few days, the fox said to himself, "I have to leave this island." Then he began to sing softly. Hearing this, seals, walruses, porpoises, and whales swam near the island.
"What are you singing about?" asked the sea animals.
"This is what I am singing about," said the fox. "Are there more large animals in the waters of the sea, or on dry land?"
"Certainly there are more animals in the waters of the sea than on dry land," replied the sea animals.
"Well, then, prove it to me!" said the fox. "Come up to the surface of the water and form a raft that will reach from this island to the mainland. I will then walk over all of you and I count you one at a time."
So the large sea animals—seals, walruses, porpoises, and whales—came up to the surface of the water. The sea animals formed a great raft that reached from the island across to the mainland.
This was what the fox wanted and he ran over the great animal raft, pretending to count the animals. When at last the fox reached the mainland, he jumped ashore and hurried home without even saying goodbye.
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From which point of view is the passage written?
A.
third person objective
B.
first person
C.
third person omniscient
D.
second person