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Then my son and I advised my wife, and friends
advised her too, to give Baba to the zoo at Mysore.
He was getting too big to keep at home. After some
weeks of such advice she at last consented. Hastily,
and before she could change her mind, a letter was
written to the curator of the zoo. Did he want a
tame bear for his collection? He replied, "Yes". The
zoo sent a cage from Mysore in a lorry, a distanc
of eighty-seven miles, and Baba was packed off.Explation​

Answer 1

Answer:

curator: here, a person in charge of the zoo

fretting: worried; unhappy; not relaxed

The narrator and his son advised to send Baba to the zoo. When his wife was adviced so by the friends too, she agreed and a letter was written to the zoo incharge to inquire if he would like to keep a bear at the zoo. He affirmed and then, Baba was sent to Mysore zoo, packed in a cage kept on a lorry. He travelled a distance of eighty - seven miles to reach the zoo.

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