When the dreadful storm had passed, the flowers and the corn raised their drooping heads in the pure still air, refreshed by the rain, but the buckwheat lay like a weed in the field, burnt to blackness by the lightning. The branches of the old willow-tree rustled in the wind, and large water-drops fell from his green leaves as if the old willow were weeping. Then the sparrows asked why he was weeping, when all around him seemed so cheerful. "See," they said, "how the sun shines, and the clouds float in the blue sky. Do you not smell the sweet perfume from flower and bush? Wherefore do you weep, old willow-tree?" Then the willow told them of the haughty pride of the buckwheat, and of the punishment which followed in consequence.

This is the story told me by the sparrows one evening when I begged them to relate some tale to me.

How would the story change if it was told from the field of buckwheat's perspective?

The ears of corn would appear to agree with the willow-tree.
The willow-tree would appear as meddling and a know-it-all.
The field of buckwheat would be harvested before the storm.
The thunderstorm would appear as a positive force.
Question 38(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)