Summary of
Footprints Without Feet
( By G. C. Sharma Sir 8949047586 )
Chapter 1: A Triumph of Surgery
Mrs Pumphrey was a rich lady. She was a pet lover. She had a dog named Ticki. She loved
it very much. She gave it very much food but no exercise so the dog fell ill. It became very
fat and became motionless and energy less due to overeating.
Mrs Pumphrey gave it malt, cod liver oil, eggs etc to make it healthy but there was no
improvement. Mrs Pumphrey sent her dog to the hospital of surgeon Mr Herriot.
Mr Herriot was a practical man. He came to know the reason for his illness. He did not give it
food but gave it much water to drink for its better digestion. He made him do exercise .
Tricki recovered soon and started playing with other dogs. Mrs Pumphrey sent bowls of eggs
and wines to Mr. Herriot Dr Herriot gave it only simple food.
Chapter 2: The Thief Story
Hari Singh was a 15 years old boy. He worked as a house servant and robbed his
employers. He was a successful thief. He changed his name every month to escape from
the police and his former employers.
He met Anil. Anil was a writer . He was watching a wrestling match. Hari Singh wanted to
rob him. He became friend of Anil with flattery.
Anil was a single man. He was unmarried and lived alone. He was a writer. He wrote for
magazines. His income was irregular . He was a careless man. He spent his income on his
friends. You like to watch wrestling matches.
Anil appointed Hari Singh. Anil promised Hari Singh to teach him reading and writing the
whole sentence. Hari Singh made food , tea for Anil and bought groceries daily. He stole one
rupee daily from the shopping account.
One day Anil got money from the publisher. He put the money under the mattresses and
slept. They were 600 rupees , 12 notes of 50 rupee .
Hari Singh stole the money and ran to the railway station to catch the train for Lucknow.
But he did not get on the train knowingly. His thoughts changed . He came to Anil again and
put the money again under the mattress. He got wet. Anil also came to know about this
incident but he was a generous man so he ignored it. He gave Hari a 50 rupee note. He
, promised to pay Hari Singh every month regularly. Still Anil wanted to teach him so that he
might become a good person.
Chapter 3: The mid night visitor
Ausable was a fat secret agent. He did not look like a secret agent by his simple physical
appearance. He spoke French and German languages fluently. But his accent was
American. He was staying in a hotel. He was waiting to get a secret report of missiles.
Fowler was a romantic writer. He wanted to write about the life of secret agents. So he spent
some time with Ausable. He hoped to see adventurous things in Ausable.
Max was another secret agent. He was very cunning like a fox. He had an automatic pistol.
He entered the room of Ausable with the help of a passkey. He wanted to snatch the secret
report from Ausable.
Ausable saw Max in his room. He got terrified but he was a clever secret agent. Ausable told
a false story about a balcony under the window of his room.
Suddenly somebody knocked at the door. Max thought that it was the police. So he jumped
from the window on the balcony to save himself from the police. But there was no balcony.
He fell down from the 6th floor and died. The waiter was knocking at the door because
Ausable had ordered a glass of water. There was no police. Thus Ausable saved lives and
the secret reports of missiles.
Q. Why did Tricki fall ill?
Ans- Mrs Pumphrey pampered Tricki too much. She gave him extra food. Tricki's fault was
his greed for food. He never refused to eat. So he fell ill. He became very fat and listless.
Q. Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?
Ans - Mrs Pumphrey was worried about Tricki's health . He became very fat and listless and
seemed to have no energy. She thought that he was suffering from malnutrition. He was
giving Tricki some extra food, some melt and cod liver oil because he seemed so weak.
Q. Why is Mr Herriot tempted to keep Tricki as a permanent guest?
Ans - Mr Harriet is tempted to keep Tricki on as a permanent guest because this ensures a
supply of fresh eggs and bottles of wine from Mrs Pumphrey to his house. Mrs Pumphrey
loves his dog Tricki very much and she sends him eggs and wine to the surgery house of Dr
Harriet.
Q. How did Mr Harriet treat Tricki?
Ans- Mr Harriet took Tricki with him in his car to his hospital because tricky was very ill and
this was the only way to save him. On the first day Tricki remained motionless on the
carpet. He was not given anything to eat for two days. He was given plenty of water only.
On the second day he started to show some interest in his surroundings. And then started to
Footprints Without Feet
( By G. C. Sharma Sir 8949047586 )
Chapter 1: A Triumph of Surgery
Mrs Pumphrey was a rich lady. She was a pet lover. She had a dog named Ticki. She loved
it very much. She gave it very much food but no exercise so the dog fell ill. It became very
fat and became motionless and energy less due to overeating.
Mrs Pumphrey gave it malt, cod liver oil, eggs etc to make it healthy but there was no
improvement. Mrs Pumphrey sent her dog to the hospital of surgeon Mr Herriot.
Mr Herriot was a practical man. He came to know the reason for his illness. He did not give it
food but gave it much water to drink for its better digestion. He made him do exercise .
Tricki recovered soon and started playing with other dogs. Mrs Pumphrey sent bowls of eggs
and wines to Mr. Herriot Dr Herriot gave it only simple food.
Chapter 2: The Thief Story
Hari Singh was a 15 years old boy. He worked as a house servant and robbed his
employers. He was a successful thief. He changed his name every month to escape from
the police and his former employers.
He met Anil. Anil was a writer . He was watching a wrestling match. Hari Singh wanted to
rob him. He became friend of Anil with flattery.
Anil was a single man. He was unmarried and lived alone. He was a writer. He wrote for
magazines. His income was irregular . He was a careless man. He spent his income on his
friends. You like to watch wrestling matches.
Anil appointed Hari Singh. Anil promised Hari Singh to teach him reading and writing the
whole sentence. Hari Singh made food , tea for Anil and bought groceries daily. He stole one
rupee daily from the shopping account.
One day Anil got money from the publisher. He put the money under the mattresses and
slept. They were 600 rupees , 12 notes of 50 rupee .
Hari Singh stole the money and ran to the railway station to catch the train for Lucknow.
But he did not get on the train knowingly. His thoughts changed . He came to Anil again and
put the money again under the mattress. He got wet. Anil also came to know about this
incident but he was a generous man so he ignored it. He gave Hari a 50 rupee note. He
, promised to pay Hari Singh every month regularly. Still Anil wanted to teach him so that he
might become a good person.
Chapter 3: The mid night visitor
Ausable was a fat secret agent. He did not look like a secret agent by his simple physical
appearance. He spoke French and German languages fluently. But his accent was
American. He was staying in a hotel. He was waiting to get a secret report of missiles.
Fowler was a romantic writer. He wanted to write about the life of secret agents. So he spent
some time with Ausable. He hoped to see adventurous things in Ausable.
Max was another secret agent. He was very cunning like a fox. He had an automatic pistol.
He entered the room of Ausable with the help of a passkey. He wanted to snatch the secret
report from Ausable.
Ausable saw Max in his room. He got terrified but he was a clever secret agent. Ausable told
a false story about a balcony under the window of his room.
Suddenly somebody knocked at the door. Max thought that it was the police. So he jumped
from the window on the balcony to save himself from the police. But there was no balcony.
He fell down from the 6th floor and died. The waiter was knocking at the door because
Ausable had ordered a glass of water. There was no police. Thus Ausable saved lives and
the secret reports of missiles.
Q. Why did Tricki fall ill?
Ans- Mrs Pumphrey pampered Tricki too much. She gave him extra food. Tricki's fault was
his greed for food. He never refused to eat. So he fell ill. He became very fat and listless.
Q. Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?
Ans - Mrs Pumphrey was worried about Tricki's health . He became very fat and listless and
seemed to have no energy. She thought that he was suffering from malnutrition. He was
giving Tricki some extra food, some melt and cod liver oil because he seemed so weak.
Q. Why is Mr Herriot tempted to keep Tricki as a permanent guest?
Ans - Mr Harriet is tempted to keep Tricki on as a permanent guest because this ensures a
supply of fresh eggs and bottles of wine from Mrs Pumphrey to his house. Mrs Pumphrey
loves his dog Tricki very much and she sends him eggs and wine to the surgery house of Dr
Harriet.
Q. How did Mr Harriet treat Tricki?
Ans- Mr Harriet took Tricki with him in his car to his hospital because tricky was very ill and
this was the only way to save him. On the first day Tricki remained motionless on the
carpet. He was not given anything to eat for two days. He was given plenty of water only.
On the second day he started to show some interest in his surroundings. And then started to
