Question

How many pets did the old man had
and what did the narrator said to him?
Old man at the bridge.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The old man says that he was in San Carlos caring for animals:two goats, a cat, and four pairs of pigeons. The soldier tells the old man that he really had to leave because of the danger he faced due to the advancing enemy.

Answer 2

In Hemingway's story “Old Man at the Bridge”, the old man mentions that he had three animals — two goats and a cat, and four pairs of pigeons. The man left his pets on their fate when he was forced to leave his native town San Carlos because of an impending war and the artillery.

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