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A Triumph of Surgery
What did Mrs. Pumphrey say about Tricki?
Mrs. Pumphrey told about Tricki that he was very unenergetic. Mrs. Pumphrey thought that he must be suffering from malnutrition, so she had been giving him some little extra food between meals to build his health. She also gave him some malt and cod-liver oil and a bowl of Horlicks at night to make him sleep.
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Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?
What does she do to help him? Is she wise in this?
Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?
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?
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