Q.2.A) Read the following passage and do the activities: [10] As a Boy I was very fond of the old soldier in our little town. He had only one leg, Having lost the other somewhere in Assam In 1942. He used to say it on the bank
to join the Army When he was 18. He had experienced his first battle in the Libiyan desert in the Second World War. He used to tell me the dozens of War stories, but the one I liked the best was the one of his escape from a Japanese prisoner Of War camp in Burma. He told me e again and again how he walked 200 miles in 2 weeks. on the way he was bitten on the toe by A poisonous snake and he had to cut of part off the toe in order to survive. But the wound Did not heal and by the time he got to an Indian camp it had turned septic and the leg had to be amputated. He is apparently quite contented with his lot he says that his pension is enough for his needs and the fish he catches and cells provides him the money forhis entertainment.
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I was very fond of the old soldier in our litle town. He had only one leg, having lost the other somewhere in Assam in 1942. He used to tell me about his adventures. He told me that he had run away from home to join the army. He had experienced his first battle in the Libyan desert. Out of his dozens of war stories, the one I liked best was the one of his escape from a Japanese prison-of-war camp in Burma. He told me again and again how he walked two hundred miles in two weeks. On the way he was bitten on the toe by a poisonous snake and he had to cut off part of the toe in order to survive. But by the time he got to an Indian camp the wound had turned septic and the leg had to be amputated , He is, however, quite contented with his lot.
739. The author was very fond of the old soldier because