Early in the new year of 1956 I travelled to southern iraQ. By then iyt hads crossed my mind that i should like to keep an otter instead of a dog and that camusfearna ringed by water a stone's throw from its door would be an eminently suitable spot for this experiment.
When I casually mentioned this to a friend he as casually replied that i had better get one in the Tigris marshes for there they were as common as mosquitoes and were ofter tamed by the Arabs. We weree going to Basra to the consulate - General to collect and answer our mail from Europe. at the consulate general we found that my friend mail had arrived but that mine had not. I cabled to England, and when, three days later, nothing had happened. I tried to telephone. The call had to be booked twenty-four hours in advance. On the first day the line was out of order;on the second the exchange was closed for a religious holida. On the third day there was another breakdown. My friend left, and I arranged to meet him in a week's time. Five days later, my mill arrived. I carried it to my bedroom to read, and there, squatting on the floor, were two Arabs; beside them lay a sack that squirmed from time to time. They handed mphaqqote from my friend: "Here is your otter... "
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My name is a vanshika gudwal.
My Father Name is Mr. Ravindra.
My Mother Name is Mrs. Seema.
My Sister Name is Tanisha
My Brother Name is Ravish.
I am 16 years old .
I study in class 10th .
I live in from kasimpur Deoband.
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