1. Why was the narrator too happy to let the dog out and shut the door on him?

Ans: Because the dog always starred at the narrator which made the narrator feel uncomfortable.

2. How does the narrator describe the kite which Bertie had given to Millie?

Ans: It was huge, much bigger than he had expected, and covered in dust. It was made of brown canvas
stretched over a wooden frame and the kite was plain to the narrator since he had seen all the kites
more colorful, and more flamboyant.

3. What does Millie mean by, “Everything comes to he who waits”?

Ans: Of course the narrator was curious and eager to know more and more about Bertie and the white
lion’s story, so Millie gave him a lesson -indirectly- that patience will give you everything.

4. What was the lion doing when the narrator looked out the window?

Ans: The lion on the hillside was blue no more. It was white now, and the dog was bounding across the
hillside, chasing away a cloud of blue butterflies that rose all around him.

5. What is the meaning of cliffhanger?

Ans: An episode that ends in suspense.

6. Why does the write use star marks?

Ans: The writer took the story from present to past, he basically used a cliffhanger to tell about another
part of the story.

7. What does Bertie compare with fighting in the trenches?

Ans: Nightmare.

8. What was Bertie doing at the age of seventeen?

Ans: At seventeen, he’d found himself marching with his regiment along the straight roads of northern
France up to the front line, heads and hearts high with hope and expectation.

9. How did Bertie protect