A Triumph of Surgery
Think about it
1. What kind of a person do you think the narrator, a veterinary
surgeon, is? Would you say he is tactful as well as full of common
sense?
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2. Do you think Tricki was happy to go home? What do you think will
happen now?
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3. Do you think this is a real-life episode, or mere fiction? Or is it a
mixture of both?
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Talk about it
1. This episode describes the silly behaviour of a rich woman who is
foolishly indulgent, perhaps because she is lonely. Do you think
such people are merely silly, or can their actions cause harm to
others?
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2. Do you think there are also parents like Mrs Pumphrey?
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3. What would you have done if you were: (i) a member of the staff in
Mrs Pumphrey’s household, (ii) a neighbour? What would your life
have been like, in general?
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4. What would you have done if you were in the narrator’s place?
• ‘Rikki Tikki Tawi’ by Rudyard Kipling
• Dog Stories by James Herriot
• ‘A Zoo in My Luggage’ by Gerald Durrell
• ‘A Tiger Comes to Town’ by R.K. Narayan
Questions Type By: Himashree Bora.
