ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -While the narrator is able to provide Tricki with a warm loose box as a bed, at Mrs Pumphrey’s house, Tricki has a day bed, a night bed, cushions, toys, rubber rings, a breakfast bowl, a lunch bowl, a supper bowl, a whole wardrobe of tweed coats and perhaps many more things.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ans: Mrs Pumphrey went overboard with Tricki‟s care. Her love for her dog did result in spoiling his health eventually. When he was at the hospital, Mrs Pumphrey sent over eggs, wine, and brandy to build up his strength. These items though were fed to him but enjoyed by the narrator and his partners.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mr Herriot and his associates, on the other hand, began eating those eggs for breakfast in the morning. Mrs Pumphrey also began delivering Tricki wine in bottles to improve his blood. Mr Herriot, though, ate them all. Not only that, but when he began sending brandy in bottles, they drank it as well.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pumphrey, she started sending him eggs as she thought that Tricki was recovering from an illness and needed energy foods. Mr. Herriot and his partners started eating those eggs for morning breakfast.

Detailed explanation-5: -What ‘extra’ did Mrs Pumphrey start to give Tricki and why? Mrs Pumphrey thought that Tricki was suffering from malnutrition, as he was weak and listless. So, she started to give him extra snacks like cod-liver oil and malt between the main meals and Horlicks after dinner to make him stronger.