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प्रश्न
Answer the following questions:
(i) What did Toto do to entertain Timothy?
(ii) What did he do when Timothy lost his temper?
उत्तर
(i) Toto pulled Timothy by the tail to entertain him.
(ii) When Timothy lost his temper, Toto climbed up the curtains
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