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A Triumph of Surgery
Do you think Tricki was happy to go home? What do you think will happen now?
Tricki was very happy to see Mrs. Pumphrey. As soon as he saw her, he made a tremendous leap and sailed into her lap. Tricki recovered from his illness without having any medication. He had been transformed into a hard-muscled animal from a hugely fat dog. He was no longer lisless.
He wasn't actually ill. There was a lack of proper diet and regular exercise in his lifestyle. The reason of his illness was overfeeding. He was a victim of Mrs. Pumphrey's excessive care. It can be discerned by the fact that Mrs. Pumphrey brought two dozen eggs everyday to build Tricki's strength.
As Tricki is back home again, his mistress would again take excessive care of him and overfeed him. Due to the lack of exercise, he would fall ill again.
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Is the narrator as rich as Tricki’s mistress?
How does he treat the dog?
Why is he tempted to keep Tricki on as a permanent guest?
Why does Mrs Pumphrey think the dog’s recovery is “a triumph of surgery”?
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?
Do you think Tricki was happy to go home? What do you think will happen now?
Do you think this is a real-life episode, or mere fiction? Or is it a mixture of both?
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?
Do you think there are also parents like Mrs Pumphrey?
Who was Tricki?
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