As soon as I saw the elephant I knew with perfect certainty

As soon as I saw the elephant I knew with perfect certainty that I ought not to shoot him. It is a serious matter to shoot a working elephant - it is comparable to destroying a huge and costly piece of machinery - and obviously one ought not to do it if it can possibly be avoided. And at that distance, peacefully eating, the elephant looked no more dangerous than a cow.

1. The elephant looked no more dangerous than a cow because

  1. cows can be very dangerous sometimes
  2. unlike lions, it is a vegetarian animal
  3. it was quietly doing its work
  4. its tusks resemble the cow’s horns

2. The writer was against shooting the elephant because

  1. he suspected it to be a wild one and was afraid of it
  2. he was certain that the elephant was innocent
  3. it would amount to avoidable waste of useful property
  4. his heart was full of compassion for animals

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