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Question
Answer the following question in 30 to 40 words.
Was Bruno a loving and playful pet? Why, then, did he have to be sent away?
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Solution
Yes, Bruno was a loving and playful pet. Everybody in the family was attached to it, especially the narrator’s wife. It had to be sent away to a zoo because it was getting too big to be kept at home.
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