So down the length of the street. Then Joseph, still without any direction from Pierre, would turn around and come back along the other side. Yes, Joseph was a smart horse. Why, a blind man could handle my route with Joseph pulling the wagon. Pierre and Joseph both grew old together, but gradually, not suddenly. Jacques, the foreman of the stables, never noticed that they were both getting old until Pierre appeared one morning carrying a heavy walking stick.
He knew every one of the forty families he served on Prince Edward Street. Pierre had a remarkable memory. Jacques would note these things in a little book he always carried. Most of the drivers had to make out the weekly bills and collect the money, but Jacques, liking Pierre, had always excused him from this task. All Pierre had to do was to arrive at five in the morning, walk to his wagon, which was always in the same spot at the curb, and deliver his milk. One morning the president of the Provincale Milk Company came to inspect the early morning deliveries.
See how the horse listens and how he turns his head toward Pierre? You know, I think those two share a secret. I have often noticed it.
It is as though they both sometimes chuckle at us as they go off on their route. Pierre is a good man, Monsieur President, but he gets old. Would it be too bold of me to suggest that he be retired and be given perhaps a small pension? He has been on this route now for thirty years and never once has there been a complaint. Tell him it is time he rested. He said that Pierre should retire and his. What was the change that Jacques noticed when he saw Pierre and Joseph?
Answer: Jacques noticed that when Pierre was with Joseph during their morning errands, neither seemed to. But when they returned from their rounds, Pierre would limp down the road like an old man.
What was the dreadful news Jacques had for Pierre one morning? Answer: Jacques had to tell Pierre that Joseph had not woken up that morning. Answer: Pierre was heartbroken but he understood that like him, his horse too had grown old. Guidelines: Begin by writing if you have ever had a pet or are fond of animals. Then write how you became. Write about the activities or games you played with your pet. Describe how the animal. Why do you think animals and humans sometimes share such a.
Possible Answer: Some animals and humans share a very close bond. Sometimes this bond is stronger than. Once an animal decides to be loyal towards a human, it stays loyal forever. Reader 7 Unit 1 — A Secret for Two 1. Did Joseph take time to learn the milk route? Then they would skip two houses and stop at the third house. The horse just knew where to go. Joseph did not lift his knees as high or raise his head as much as he used to.
Pierre used a milk wagon to deliver milk to the families for the past fifteen years. The milk wagon was pulled by a large, white horse named Joseph. Was Pierre drawn towards Joseph from the beginning? When he looked into its eyes he could see that there was something special about Joseph. What did Pierre think was special about Joseph?
Pierre felt that there was a beautiful spirit in him. Pierre would boast that he did not have to even use the reins to guide Joseph along the route. He would then load the wagon and hitch Joseph to it. The horse would stop at the first house while Pierre quickly got down from his seat and left a bottle of milk at the front door. This would continue till the end of the street and then Joseph, without any direction, would turn around and com e back along the other side for the rest of the houses.
What did Pierre often boast about? He always felt that the two shared a secret that no one else knew. What did Jacques tell the President of the milk com pany? Jacques said that though Pierre was a good man, he was getting old and maybe he needed to retire and be given a pension.
See the look in the horse's eyes. I think these two share a secret. Sometimes they seem to chuckle at us, as they go off on their route in the morning. Pierre is a good man, but he's getting old. Don't you think he should be retired and given a small pension?
Tell him it is time he should rest. His salary will go on just the same. He could not bear the thought of not driving his Joseph everyday. He said to Jacques, "We are two old men - I and Joseph. Let us wear out together. When Joseph is ready to retire - then I, too, will leave. There was something about Pierre and Joseph which made a man smile tenderly. It was as though each drew some hidden strength from the other.
When Pierre was sitting in his seat, and when Joseph was hitched to the wagon, neither seemed old. But when they finished their work, Pierre would limp down the street, seeming very old indeed. The horse's head would also drop and he would walk very wearily to his stall.
Then one morning, Jacques had dreadful news for Pierre. He said, " Pierre , Joseph did not wake this morning, He was very old; Pierre , you know he was twenty-five, and that is like seventy-five for man.
Now I shall never see him again. My poor Joseph! True or False. Why, in a month's time you'll teach him your route. But he stopped when he looked into Pierre 's eyes. For years Pierre had worn a heavy cap, the peak of which came low over his eyes.
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