In taste by Roald Dahl what is the time at the beginning of the story? what words/phrases support your opinion?

1) i we aren't tired, we will go to the forest.

2) you will not see many old oak-trees, and animals will disappear if you don't care of them?

i don't understand the question.

b : the uninhabited house represents the narrator's feeling of emptiness.

c: the blind street symbolizes the aimless and drab life on north richmond street.

d: the consciousness of decent lives symbolizes a comparison of neighbors' lives.