Q:

Why did the Emperor reward the old man? 

• 1
  For his talent of talking to birds.
• 2
  He was successful at reconstructing the destroyed villages.
• 3
  He felt sorry for his plight in his old age and wanted to do something to help.
• 4
  For narrating an imaginative story to the Emperor.
• 5
  For showing the Emperor where his duty lay.