I was really worried about Tricki this time. I had pulled up my car when I saw him in the street with his mistress and I was shocked at his appearance. He had become hugely fat, like a bloated sausage with a leg at each corner. His eyes, bloodshot and rheumy, stared straight ahead and his tongue lolled from his jaws.
Mrs Pumphrey hastened to explain, “He was so listless, Mr Herriot. He seemed to have no energy. I thought he must be suffering from malnutrition, so I have been giving him some little extras between meals to build him up, some malt and cod-liver oil and a bowl of Horlicks at night to make him sleep — nothing much really.”
“And did you cut down on the sweet things as I told you?”
“Oh, I did for a bit, but he seemed to be so weak I had to relent. He does love cream cakes and chocolates so. I can’t bear to refuse him.”
I looked down again at the little dog. That was the trouble. Tricki’s only fault was greed. He had never been known to refuse food; he would tackle a meal at any hour of the day or night. And I wondered about all the things Mrs Pumphrey hadn’t mentioned.
“Are you giving him plenty of exercise?”
“Well, he has his little walks with me as you can see, but Hodgkin, the gardener, has been down with lumbago, so there has been no ring-throwing lately.”
I tried to sound severe: “Now I really mean this. If you don’t cut his food right down and give him more exercise he is going to be really ill. You must harden your heart and keep him on a very strict diet.”
Mrs Pumphrey wrung her hands. “Oh I will, Mr Herriot. I’m sure you are right, but it is so difficult, so very difficult.” She set off, head down, along the road, as if determined to put the new regime into practice immediately.
Read the paragraph above and write answers of following questions:
Q.1) Why was the author shocked at the appearance of Tricki?
Q.2) "I have been giving him some extras". Who has been giving some extras and to Whom?
Q.3) Why he/she has been giving him some extras?
Q.4) What was Tricki's Fault?
Q.5) Why did Mrs Pumphrey using her hands?
Answers
Answer:
These lines are taken from the chapter 1 named " A Triumph of Surgery" written by The Narrator " James Herriot"....
Explanation:
Q.1) Ans--> The author was shocked at the appearance of Tricki because The dog was very huge and fatty and was ugly also in appearance as the author had never seen a dog being too fat.
Q.2) Ans--> Mrs.Pampherey (Owner of Tricki) had been giving some extra food to her dog.
Q.3) Ans--> She has been giving extra food to her dog because she thought he was going through the condition of Malnutrition.
Q.4) Ans--> Tricki's only fault was that he Never refused to eat food due to which he became too much fatty and unhealthy.
Q.5) Ans--> Mrs.Pampherey was very sad after listening the precautions mentioned by Narrator so she make her hands wrung.
Name of the chapter - A Triumph of Surgery.
By - James Herriot
Answers -
Q.1)Why was the author shocked at the appearance of Tricki?
Answer - Tricki was hugely fat. He appeared like a sausage on four legs. the narrator was in trouble for his appearance. His eyes were bloodshot and rheumy and his tongue lolled from his jaws. The narrator's expert eyes could immediately see the disaster Tricki was near for.
Q.2) "I have been giving him some extras". Who has been giving some extras and to Whom?
Answer - Mrs. Pumphrey gave Triki extra with his regular food.
Q.3) Why he/she has been giving him some extras?
Answer - She explains to the narrator that Tricki looks weak sometimes and do not move properly, She thought that Tricki might be suffering from malnutrition so she gave Tricki more food. She gave some malt, cod-liver oil, and Horlick as an extra diet which was apart from extra food. She also gave some sweets, chocolates, biscuits as Tricki love to eat them.
Q.4) What was Tricki's Fault?
Answer- His excessive greed was his only fault. He is greedy to eat cakes, chocolates, and all the things which were given by Mrs. Pumphrey. He did not do any exercises.
Q.5) Why did Mrs. Pumphrey using her hands?
Answer - She would cut extra food that is given to Tricki. AS she loved her dog Tricki a lot and do not want that Tricki would go far from her.
But soon Tricki was taken by the narrator for being a cure.