Read the excerpt from "aunty misery.”

one day, a traveler stopped at the old woman's hut and asked her for permission to spend the night under her roof. aunty misery saw that he had an honest face and bade the pilgrim come in. she fed him and made a bed for him in front of her hearth. in the morning the stranger told her that he would show his gratitude for her hospitality by granting her one wish.

the allegory found in this excerpt expresses which symbolic message?

old women should be careful of strangers.
you can’t judge people by looking at them.
always show gratitude for hospitality.
good deeds will be rewarded.

The allegory found in the above excerpt which expresses the symbolic message is:

Good deeds will be rewarded.

Explanation:

Allegory is a literary device which has hidden meaning in it.  An allegory is a narrative in which the characters and events represent an abstract idea hidden inside them. The meaning especially is either of a moral or a political one. In the given excerpt, the old woman was very generous and kind towards the traveler without any selfish or greed. Hence, it was because of her generous nature that the traveler asked her to have any of her wish fulfilled by him. The moral of the excerpt is that goods deeds are always rewarded.

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