Question

"must touch every seventh upright of iron railings"

"mijbil the otter"
Explain the statement

Answer 1

Answer:

Mijbil was a otter he use to behave like a small child while walking on the road he always use to run and touch seventh iron pole or railing like a small child

Answer 2

Mijbil the otter by Gavin Maxwell, Upon having decided to domesticate an otter upon losing his pet dog, the author tells us how his living had changed. He takes us along his path, from Iraq to London of adjusting, playing and travelling with Mijbil (or Mij) the otter and to grow an inseparable relationship with Mijbil on this trip.

Explanation:

• In this lesson, the author talks about the compulsive habits, that is habits impossible to control, which his pet otter, Mij had developed while living in London.
• The author say Mij (the otter) had quickly developed certain compulsive habits on the walks of London's streets like  how children on their way to and fro to the school develop compulsory habits such as they "must place their feet squarely on the center of each paving block or and must touch every 7th upright of the iron railings, or pass to the outside of every second lamp post".
• Opposite to the author's flat was a single-storied primary school, along whose frontage ran a low wall some two feet high. When the author was on his way home, however never on his  way out, Mij would tug the author to the wall, jump on to it, and gallop the full length  of its thirty yards, to the hopeless distraction both of the staff and pupils and within