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Read these lines: "His mother did not call him the Lame One for nothing," said Mother Wolf quietly. "He has been lame in one foot from his birth. That is why he has only killed cattle. Now the villagers of the Waingunga are angry with him." According to the quoted lines, why has the tiger hunted only cattle?
AThe deer of the hills are all too swift
BA foot has been lame in him since birth
CHe was driven out of his own hunting ground
DThe villagers set out cattle to feed him
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. A foot has been lame in him since birth
1. 1. The name the Lame One is said to have been earned rather than given lightly.
2. 2. The next sentence gives the fact behind it: he has been lame in one foot from birth.
3. 3. The words that is why link the lameness directly to killing cattle rather than wild game.
4. 4. Swift deer, banishment and villagers feeding him are never given as the cause.
_Source: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1894)_
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