Question

The poor man was taken aback; but, with great presence of
collector a wide grin (why was he taken aback
mind and much to Grandfather's annoyance, he said, "Sir, you
have a dog with you. You'll have to pay for it accordingly.
of the bag

guys question is why was he taken aback
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Answer 1

Answer: The ticket collector annoyed grandfather on the station . He said him to pay the fine for carrying a monkey with him and he the monkey as a dog as he was having four legs. So he fined grandfather according to the fine of a monkey.