“I fell asleep that night thinking about the kiss that might have been. What does a kiss feel like anyway? Somehow, I knew it wouldn’t be the one I get from Mum and Dad at bed time. The same species, but a radically different beast, to be sure, like a wolf and whipped, only science would put them on the same tree” I extracted it from the book Flipped and I am confused about the last sentence “like a wolf and whipped, only science would put them together on the same tree”. What does it mean? Could you help me with that. Perhaps it is whippet, instead of whipped. A whippet is a breed of dog. So the phrase means the a wolf and a whippet could be placed on the same tree (family tree) because they are both dogs, scientifically or biologically speaking. I hope this helps. If you ever need extra help, you can message me. I am a community tutor and I am a native English speaker. I would love to help you out.

“I fell asleep that night thinking about the kiss that might have been. What did a kids feel like anyway?somehow I knew it wouldn’t be the one I got from Mum and Dad at bedtime.The same species, but a radically different beast, to be sure.like a wolf and whipped, only science would put them on the same tree” I extracted it from the book, Flipped.And I am confused about the last sentence “like a wolf and whipped, only science would put them together on the same tree”. What does it mean? Could you help me with that.