BOND OF LOVE

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BOND OF LOVE

Answers to Textbook Questions
1)On two occasions Bruno ate/drank something that should not be eaten or drunk. What happened to him on these occasions? (Textual)
Once the narrator had brought home barium carbonate for killing rats in the library. Since the poison had been kept on the floor of the library, Bruno consumed it. This had a paralyzing effect on him. Bruno was rushed to the veterinary doctor who gave him two doses of the antidote. On another occasion, Bruno drank engine oil. 2)However, the engine oil did not have any effect on him.
Was Bruno a loving and playful pet? Why, then, did he have to be sent away?
Bruno was certainly a loving and playful pet. He had developed affection for everyone around him and was particularly attached to the narrator’s wife. However, he had to be sent away to the zoo because he had grown too big to be kept at home. He could be a threat to the people in the neighbourhood, especially children.
3)How was the problem of what to do with Bruno solved?
The problem of what to do with Bruno was solved when the narrator’s wife, though reluctantly, gave her consent to send Bruno to the zoo in Mysore. A letter was written to the curator of the zoo who replied in the positive. Bruno was sent away in a cage and carried in a lorry that had been sent by the zoo authorities

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