Question

read the passage from the goatherd and the wild goats. a goatherd, driving his flock from their pasture at eventide, found some wild goats mingled among them, and shut them up together with his own for the night. the next day it snowed very hard, so that he could not take the herd to their usual feeding - places, but was obliged to keep them in the fold. he gave his own goats just sufficient food to keep them alive, but fed the strangers more abundantly in the hope of enticing them to stay with him and of making them his own. when the thaw set in, he led them all out to feed, and the wild goats scampered away as fast as they could to the mountains. the goatherd scolded them for their ingratitude in which statement accurately explains the theme most exemplified in this passage? good leaders treat everyone the same. kindness inspires others to be kind. strangers cannot always be trusted. ingratitude leads to unhappiness.

Explanation:

The goatherd treats the wild goats better than his own in hopes of them staying. But when the weather improves, the wild goats leave, showing that the goatherd's trust in them was misplaced. This illustrates that strangers cannot always be trusted.

Answer:

Strangers cannot always be trusted.