FABLE ,a poem is written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.. Questions and Answers. ABTA Test paper Solution 2025

FABLE is a short story that contains moral. In these stories animals are taken as a characters.

 

FABLE is like a conversation between mountain and squirrel. They are busy to quarrel about their excellence and  existence on the earth.

 

 

 

 

 

 Q.1) What is a Fable?

 

Ans:  The term 'Fable' has come from Latin 'fabula' . Fabula means discourse or story  that has animals as characters or inanimate things. A Fable generally conveys a moral.

 Q.2) what does the poet want to conveys through the poem ?

 Ans-: The poet , Ralph Waldo Emerson wants to convey through the poem that in this world every being, living or non-living big or small , have their individual reasons for existence.

 Q.3) what is that the squirrel doesn't deny ?

 Ans:- In the poem 'Fable' the Squirrel doesn't deny that the mountain makes a very pretty track for Squirrels in which they can pass their lives.

 Q . 4) How did the Squirrel justify himself ?

 Ans:- The squirrel justified that he cannot carry forest and mountain too cannot crack a nut . Even though the ' talent differ ' everything in nature has their own reason for existence.

 Q. 5) How many times does the mountain speak in the poem ?

 Ans:- The mountain speaks only once in the poem.

 Q.6) What according to the squirrel are the limitations of the mountain?

Ans: According to the squirrel, the mountain is very big and can carry forest on his back but cannot crack a nut. On the other hand the squirrel can crack a nut but cannot carry forest. The mountain is not half so spry as the squirrel.

Q.7) What does the squirrel mean by "All is well and wisely put" ?

Ans:  According to the squirrel ‘talents’ of different species and objects are variant. The various talents are placed well and wisely and thus the balance of nature is maintained .The  mountain has the talent to carry forest and the squirrel has talent to crack nuts.