2. “Poor old lad”, I said. “You haven't a kick in you but I think I know a cure for you”.
a) Why does the speaker say “poor old lad”? I
b) What cure did the speaker know?
c) What is the meaning of a kick’ in the extract?
d) Write the word from the extract which means the same as 'heal'.
Answers
The questions have been asked from the poem footprints without feet.
a) The speaker addresses Tricki as a poor old lad because he was unwell and listless.
b) The speaker knew that the cure for Tricki’s illness was to put him on a strict diet.
(c) The phrase kick in the extract means any alertness.
(d) ‘The word which means same as Heal is cure.
Answer:
Explanation:Ans 1.
The speaker says poor old lad to adress the dog Tricki as he was sick with illness.
Ans 2 The speaker was a vet surgeon so he knew the method of curing tricki which has been explained as followes he didnt gave him food but plenty of water the 1st few days.Subsequently he gave him soup and meals in a small boys.Within a few days he had recobered from his illness and within a fortnight we was way back home.
3.The word kick means he hadnot showed even a sigh of mobement in himself i.e. he had been down with fever so he it means his healthiness and moving like any other creatur
4. The word *Cure* used in this passage means the same as *Heal*.