Why is Mij’s species now known to the world as Maxwell’s otter?
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- Read the story and find the sentences where Maxwell describes his pet otter. Then choose and arrange your sentences to illustrate those statements below that you think are true. Maxwell’s description
(i) Makes Mij seem almost human, like a small boy.
(ii) Shows that he is often irritated with what Mij does.
(iii) Shows that he is often surprised by what Mij does.
(iv) Of Mij’s antics is comical.
(v) Shows that he observes the antics of Mij very carefully.
(vi) Shows that he thinks Mij is a very ordinary otter.
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Maxwell in the story speaks for the otter, Mij. He tells us what the otter feels and thinks on different occasions. Given below are some things the otter does. Complete the column on the right to say what Maxwell says about what Mij feels and thinks.
What Mij does How Mij feels or thinks Plunges, rolls in the water and makes the water splosh and splash -
Screws the tap in the wrong way -
Nuzzles Maxwell’s face and neck in the aeroplane -
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