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प्रश्न
Read stanza 3, and then, describe Macavity in two or three sentences of your own.
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उत्तर
Macavity is a ginger cat who is very tall and thin with sunken eyes and brow deeply lined with thought. While its head is highly domed, its coat is dusty and whiskers are uncombed. It sways its head from side-to-side and it is always wide awake even when one thinks that it is half-asleep.
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