Read the excerpt from "The Storyteller." In a low, confidential voice, interrupted frequent intervals by loud, petulan Que lioning from her listeners, she began an unenterping and deplorably uninteresting story about a littic girl who was good, and made friends with every one on account of her goodness and was finally saved from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who admired her moral character "Wouldn't,iney have saved her if she hadn't been good?" demanded the bigger of the small girls It was exactly the question that the bachelor had wanted to ask "Well, yes," admitted the aunt lamely, "but I don't think they would have run quite so fast to her help if they had not liked her so much Which theme Hoes this passage best support? e goe vefore a fall I cople should try to be good It is necessary to question authority Children should be seen and not heard

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Read the excerpt from "The Storyteller." In a low, confidential voice, interrupted frequent intervals by loud, petulan Que lioning from her listeners, she began an unenterping and deplorably uninteresting story about a littic girl who was good, and made friends with every one on account of her goodness and was finally saved from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who admired her moral character "Wouldn't,iney have saved her if she hadn't been good?" demanded the bigger of the small girls It was exactly the question that the bachelor had wanted to ask "Well, yes," admitted the aunt lamely, "but I don't think they would have run quite so fast to her help if they had not liked her so much Which theme Hoes this passage best support? e goe vefore a fall I cople should try to be good It is necessary to question authority Children should be seen and not heard

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The passage best supports the theme: **It is necessary to question authority.**The children, particularly the bigger girl, question the aunt's simplistic moralistic story. The aunt's story promotes the idea that goodness is rewarded, but the children's questioning reveals the weakness of this simplistic view. The bachelor's silent agreement with the child's question further reinforces this theme. The story highlights the importance of critical thinking and challenging accepted narratives, even those presented by authority figures.

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