Answer the following with reference to the story:

“I wouldn’t throw it away.”

(i) Who says these words?

(ii) What does ‘it’ refer to?

(iii) What is it being compared with by the speaker?

(i) Tommy said these words.

(ii) ‘It’ refers to the television screen, which had a million books on it.

(iii) Tommy is comparing the television screen to the books of the earlier times in which words were printed on paper. He thought that after reading such books, one would have to throw them away. However, he would never have to throw away his telebook.