Chapter- 4.1         The Vet


1. What is a vet?

Answer: A vet is a doctor who treats animals and birds.

2. What kind of vet is needed to be successful?

Answer: A successful and competent vet is needed.

3. What kind of knowledge must a vet have?

Answer: A vet must have very wide knowledge.

4. Why must a vet have wide knowledge?

Answer: Because he treats many different animals.

5. What does “a different inside” mean?

Answer: It means animals have different organs and body structures.

6. Why must the vet know about the cat?

Answer: He must know why the cat is refusing her milk.

7. What problem does the dog have?

Answer: The dog is not eating his bone.

8. What problem does the horse have?

Answer: The horse’s coat is not shining like silk.

9. What does the parrot do?

Answer: The parrot does nothing but groan.

10. What problem do ducks and chickens have?

Answer: They are failing to lay eggs.

11. Why does the canary bird sing faintly?

Answer: Because it may be weak or ill.

12. What must the vet do if he is called to the zoo?

Answer: He must explain an incredible number of things.

13. What problem may the lion have?

Answer: The lion may catch a cold.

14. What problem may the zebra have?

Answer: The zebra may be getting old.

15. What trouble may the centipede have?

Answer: The centipede may have trouble with his feet.

16. What problem may the hippo have?

Answer: The hippo may be feeling ill.

17. What problem may the bison have?

Answer: The bison may have a chill.

18. What problem may the Arctic fox suffer from?

Answer: The Arctic fox may suffer from heat.

19. What may attack the chimpanzees?

Answer: A virulent disease may attack them.

20. What problem may the tortoise have?

Answer: The tortoise may not have moved for several years.

21. What problem may the bear have?

Answer: The bear may be too full of buns.

22. What may the cobra do?

Answer: The cobra may eat her sons.

23. What problem may the panther have?

Answer: The panther may have a wife who chews his ears.

24. What may happen to the giraffes?

Answer: They may have had a quarrel.

25. Why are the giraffes’ necks stiff?

Answer: Because they had a quarrel (a tiff).

26. What does “groan” mean?

Answer: It means making a sound of pain.

27. What does “virulent disease” mean?

Answer: It means a serious disease caused by a virus.

28. What does “stirred” mean?

Answer: It means moved.

29. What does “a tiff” mean?

Answer: It means a small quarrel.

30. What is the main idea of the poem?

Answer: The poem shows that a vet must know many things because animals can have many different health problems.