Read the following stanzas and answer the question by choosing the correct options:

Six humans trapped by happenstance
In bleak and bitter cold.
Each one possessed a stick of wood
Or so the story's told.

Their dying fire in need of logs,
But the first one held hers back,
For, of the faces round the fire,
She noticed one was black.

The next man looking 'cross the way
Saw one not of his church,
And could not bring himself to give
The fire his stick of birch.

Through the above lines, the poet conveys the following message:

We should rise above caste and religion

The correct answer is Option (3) → We should rise above caste and religion

This is evident from the stanzas where individuals refuse to contribute to the dying fire based on the race or religion of the others present. This reflects the idea of prejudice and discrimination based on caste and religion, suggesting the need to overcome such biases.