"Bertha was rather sorry to find that there were no
flowers in the park. She had promised her aunts, with
tears in her eyes, that she would not pick any of the kind
Prince's flowers, and she had meant to keep her promise,
so of course it made her feel silly to find that there were
no flowers to pick."
"Why weren't there any flowers?"
"Because the pigs had eaten them all," said the bachelor
promptly. "The gardeners had told the Prince that you
couldn't have pigs and flowers, so he decided to have pigs
and no flowers."
There was a murmur of approval at the excellence of the
Prince's decision; so many people would have decided the
other way.
What examples of irony does Saki use to create satire?
Check all that apply.
Bertha feels lonely.
The pigs ate the flowers.
Bertha is sad that she will not be tempted.
Pigs are more important than flowers.
The children take the silly story seriously.
-"The Storyteller,"
Saki