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Read the excerpt 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
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Based on the details in the story, what is its primary
purpose?
O to educate children about how to treat others
to teach readers how goats are fed and cared for
Oto persuade children to be wary of strangers bearing
gifts
Oto entertain readers with a story about a foolish
goatherd