from the text and use them in the sentences of your own: own smth., consider himself, digest the day's news, nod in agreement,
ignore smb./smth., stare closely, get reasonable price, be disappointed, want
badly, on one's nerves, toss into the air.
III. Questions on the text. 1.
Describe Mr. Purcell.
2. What did he own and what did he sell?
3. What did the customers say about the pets?
4. What did Mr. Purcell do every morning?
5. What was the weather like on that day?
6. When did he notice the stranger?
7. What did the stranger look like?
8. What did he want to buy?
9. What shows that Mr. Purcell didn't understand the man at first?
10. In what manner did the man speak to the owner of the shop?
11. Why did Mr. Purcell have to reduce the price?
12. How had the man earned the five dollars?
13. What scene did the shopkeeper watch through the window?
14. What was his reaction to the stranger's behaviour?
