Why was the elephant taken care of?
He was a very special elephant as he could talk to dogs
He was a very loyal elephant
He was the strongest elephant in the kingdom
He was weak and the king had a lot of sympathy for him
He was very dear to the king
The 2nd line of the very 1st paragraph clearly says, “The elephant was very dear to the king, so he was well-fed and well-treated”.
Which of the following can definitely be said about the elephant-keeper?
(A) He was greedy.
(B) He was insensitive.
(C) He was brave.
Although the author was not a vindictive man he was very happy to see the twenty one stone lady
who had impoverished him twenty years ago, and says he had finally had his revenge. What makes him say this?