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Text A

The writer tells us to take the tiger when it is very young. He also stopped the tiger from eating raw meat. I think he did this in order to stop the tiger becoming savage and out of control. He only gave the tiger a little bit of cooked meat every day – probably to stop the tiger from eating too much and getting used to eating meat. He seems to think that tigers are very difficult to rear.

Text B

The writer never allowed the tiger to eat “raw flesh” and only gave him a “little” cooked meat each day. He allowed it as much milk as it wanted. When he became too big he gave him a “stout buffalo-leather collar” and he “chained” him to a nearby door.