English Language & Literature — AI-generated practice question

Tricki, Mrs Pumphrey's pampered dog, had been overfed with cream cakes, chocolates, malt, cod-liver oil and Horlicks, with almost no exercise. He became enormously fat, with bloodshot eyes, no energy, bouts of vomiting, and spent all his time lying and panting.

The narrator (veterinary surgeon Mr Herriot) decided the only cure was to remove Tricki from his indulgent surroundings. He hospitalised the dog for a fortnight, ignoring Mrs Pumphrey's distress. At the surgery, Herriot put Tricki on a strict diet — no food at first, then controlled meals — and let him run freely with the other dogs. Within two weeks, Tricki transformed into a "lithe, hard-muscled animal," energetic and healthy.

When Mrs Pumphrey collected him, Tricki leapt joyfully into her lap. Seeing this miraculous change, she exclaimed, "This is a triumph of surgery!" — believing an operation had been performed, unaware that simply proper diet and exercise had cured him.

Source: A Triumph of Surgery, Footprints without Feet

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• The examiner expects: Tricki's condition → hospitalisation → treatment (diet + exercise with other dogs) → recovery → return home → Mrs Pumphrey's reaction.
• Mention the irony: no surgery was actually performed; the "triumph" was just sensible care — this is the story's central humour/point.
• Keep the narrator's role clear: firm decision to hospitalise, strict diet, exercise with the pack.
• Avoid padding — hit all events concisely within the word limit.