Question

I Was travelling in a bus. It was bitterly cold night ,and even at the far end of the bus the east wind cut like
knife. The bus stopped and the two women and a man got in together and filled the vacant places. The younger
woman carried a little Pekinese dog. The conductor came in and took their fares. Then his eyes rested on the
beady eyed dog. I saw trouble coming up. This was the opportunity for which the conductor had been waiting
, and he intended to make the most of it.I had marked him as the type who had a general vague grievance agains
passengers who came and sat in the bus while he shivered at the door. “You must take the dog out", he said."
shall certainly do nothing of the kind. You can take my name and address”, said the woman. She had evidently
expected the challenge and knew the reply. "You must take the dog out- that's my order."I won't go on the top
of the bus in such weather. It would kill me,"said the woman.
ACTIVITY 1
Fill in the following table:
STATEMENT
REASON
1.
1. The conductor noticed the Pekinese dog.
2.
2
The conductor had grievance against
the passengers.
3
3. The woman did not want to go on the
top of the bus.
4.
4. The woman knew the reply of the conductor's order.
ACTIVITY 2​

Answer 1

Answer :-

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Additional Information :-

• The writer of the text 'All about a dog' is A. G. Gardiner.

• He was a British journalist and author. His essays, written under the pen- name, 'Alpha of the Pough', are highly regarded. His uniqueness lay in his ability to teach the basic truth of life in an essay and amusing manor.

• In this text, which is an edited version of Gardinar's essay of the same name, the author observes how a bus conductor makes a lady go up to the uncovered top of a double decker bus on a freezing evening just because she is carrying a dog. While watching the incident and its reaction among other passengers, the author wonders whether rules should be tempered with goodwill in order to make them more humane$.$

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