(a) What crossed the author’s mind?

(a) What crossed the author’s mind?

(b) Why did he think that his home would be suitable for an otter?
(c) What did the author mention to his friend?
(d) From where could he get the otter?
(e) Find a phrase from the passage which means ‘surrounded by’.
Answers: (a) The idea crossed the author’s mind that instead of a dog, he would keep an otter as a pet.

(b) He thought that his house would be suitable for an otter because it was surrounded with water.

(c) The author mentioned to his friend that he wanted to have an otter as a pet.

(d) He could get one from Tigris.

(e) ‘ringed by’.