Question

Answer the following question in 40-50 words:

In the statement, “When I returned, there was an appalling spectacle,” which spectacle is the author referring to? Elucidate. (Mijbil the Otter)

Answer 1

The “appalling spectacle” is the bloodstained, shredded travel box: blood had trickled and dried from its air-holes, and Mij had torn the lining to shreds, returning exhausted and blood-spattered after injuring himself trying to escape. It shows the otter's desperate struggle and injury caused by confinement.