Why didn’t the farmer’s wife want to leave the baby alone with the mongoose ?

Question 2. Why didn’t the farmer’s wife want to leave the baby alone with the mongoose ?

Answer: Because the mongoose was just a pet animal not a human being so The farmer’s wife was afraid of the mongoose harming her child or may kill their child in the absence of them and so she didn’t want to leave her baby alone with the mongoose because it may be danger for their child.

Full explanation of answer : when farmer’s family think about any pet which can play with their child when he grew up than the farmer bring a mongoose as a per animal but her wife not sure about the mongoose that is could be safe for her child that is why when one day she need to go to market she asked to her husband to stay at home because she thinks that mongoose is not safe for their child or in absence of their the mongoose can harm / kill their child.

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Question 1. Why did the farmer bring a baby mongoose into the house ?

Question 3. What was the farmer’s comment on his wife’s fears ?