1. Why was Lionel in a bad shape?2. Who was Nola?3. What killed the elderly gentleman?4. How did the children enjoy their time with the duck?5. Who told Nola of the boys carrying cricket bats?6. What do you mean by 'battered body"?7. How did the children remember Lionel after his death through Nola?8. What message does the passage give?
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1. Lionel was in bad shape. He was bloodied and beaten. He was too weak to haul his poor, Broken little body inside the house. By the time Nola saw him, his battered body had already lost too much blood. Lionel, the duck, died a few minutes later. <br> When Nola broke the news to her customers. They were devastated. One elderly gentleman was especially heart-broken. He used to feed Lionel a slice of bread or a biscuit which he kept in his each other's company. When he heard about Lionel's death, the old man sat down on the same bench and let the tears run freely down his cheeks. Two weeks later, he was dead. <br> Nola also had to tell the children who used to play with Lionel on their way to school. Lionel waddled around them, muttering and letting them feel his soft white feathers while they waited for the bus. Some of the children made sympathy cards for Nola. She also received many condolences a few from friends and many from strangers. It was only them that we realized
how many friends Lionel had made, how many hearts he had touched. It seemed as if the whole town was mourning his death.
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