Grandfather example sentences

Reserving a first class compartment for himself and Timothy—no one would share a compartment with them— Grandfather took him to Lucknow where the zoo authorities were only too glad to receive as a gift a well-fed and fairly civilised tiger.Margie s grandfather once said that when he was a little boy his grandfather told him that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper.TIMOTHY, the tiger-cub, was discovered by Grandfather in the Terai jungle near Dehra.Finally, he allowed the puppy to crawl on his back and rest there! One of Timothy's favourite amusements was to stalk anyone who would play with him, and so, when I came to live with Grandfather, I became one of the tiger's favourites.You pettifogger! All your people were like that! All of them! Never mind about my people! The Lomovs have all been honourable people, and not one has ever been tried for embezzlement, like your grandfather! You Lomovs have had lunacy in your family, all of you! All, all, all! Your grandfather was a drunkard, and your younger aunt, Nastasya Mihailovna, ran away with an architect, and so on.You see my aunt's grandmother gave the free use of these Meadows in perpetuity to the peasants of your father's grandfather, in return for which they were to make bricks for her.Grandfather stroked the tiger's forehead and tickled his ears, and, whenever he growled, smacked him across the mouth, which was his old way of keeping him quiet.Grandfather recognised him as the keeper who had been there when Timothy had first come to the zoo.“Hello Timothy!” said Grandfather and put his arm through the bars of the cage.A number of people had gathered to watch the reunion when a keeper pushed his way through the crowd and asked Grandfather what he was doing.And finally, when he began to stalk Mahmoud about the house with what looked like villainous intent, Grandfather decided it was time to transfer him to a zoo.My aunt's grandmother gave the land to your father's grandfather's peasants.Timothy was provided with two companions —Toto, the monkey, who was bold enough to pull the young tiger by the tail, and then climb up the curtains if Timothy lost his temper; and a small mongrel puppy, found on the road by Grandfather.Reserving a first class compartment for himself and Timothy—no one would share a compartment with them— Grandfather took him to Lucknow where the zoo authorities were only too glad to receive as a gift a well-fed and fairly civilised tiger.Grandfather took what seemed to him an age to withdraw his hand from the cage.