Answer:
It appeared to me that if the elephants were heart-broken, and in despair at the apparently interminable mountain pass, it would be advisable to let them know the actual truth... (I think I did this assignment a while back)
Explanation:
This is because, for the author to have acknowledged that the elephant might be heartbroken shows that, the author has compassion for the plight which the elephants are subjected to.
Answer:
Old and rebellious.
Explanation:
The wording of midnight suggests that they are up-to-no-good and that they are doing things that are not socially acceptable (in the daylight).
The wording of hags suggests they are old and ugly.
Horses live to be twenty years old.
(false, horses live 25-32 statistically.)
