Tricki was more a member of Mrs. Pumphrey’s family than a mere dog. Explain, giving example from the text.  5 MARKS

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Mrs Pumphrey was a rich lady. She pampered her dog Tricki. She overfed him. She gave him much nutritious diet. This made him hugely fat. He looked like a bloated sausage. He became dull, flabby. lazy and listless. She thought that he had been suffering from malnutrition. So she gave him malt and cod-liver oil between meals. She gave him Horlicks at night. In spite of the doctor’s advice, she gave him cream cakes and chocolate. All these things made his condition worse. He had bouts of vomiting. He kept lying all the time on the carpet. He did not want to go out of the house even for a little time.All these examples show that Tricki was more a member of Mrs. Pumphrey’s family than a mere dog.

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