Read the excerpt from "The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Flower" by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Which sentence reveals the theme of companionship?

The happiest hour of the day both for the old man and his dog was when the man returned from his work in the field, and having finished his frugal supper of rice and vegetables, would take what he had saved from the meal out to the little veranda that ran round the cottage.

Explanation:

in this paragraph you can see the relationship between the dog and the man.

what motivates odysseus to tell a lie to the cyclops

he will find out what went wrong or happened and how.