When I casually mentioned this to a friend, he as casually replied that I had better get one in the Tigris marshes, for there they were as common as mosquitoes and were often tamed by the Arabs. We were going to Basra to the Consulate-General to collect and answer our mail from Europe. At the Consulate-General, we found that my friend's mail had arrived but that mine had not. a. What was 'they'? b. What was the friend’s mail about? c. Could he get his otter?
a. They refer to the “otter” b. The friend’s mail was about an otter. c. Yes, his friends did send him an otter through two Arabs. a. "They" in the context refers to the otters, which are as common as mosquitoes in the Tigris marshes. b. The friend’s mail was about an otter. c. Yes, he was able to get his otter. His friend sent him an otter through two Arabs.