Question

5. Why does the author say, "Toto was not the sort of pet we
could keep for long"?​

Answer 1

Answer:

ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ sᴀɪᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏᴛᴏ ᴡᴀs ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏʀᴛ ᴏғ ᴘᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ғᴏʀ ʟᴏɴɢ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴍɪsᴄʜɪᴇᴠᴏᴜs ᴀɴᴅ ᴋᴇᴘᴛ ᴅᴇsᴛʀᴏʏɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴀᴛ ʜᴏᴍᴇ. ʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴛᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴛᴏ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇs. ʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴇғғᴏʀᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇᴀʀ ᴀ ʜᴏʟᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀʀʀᴀᴛᴏʀ's ᴀᴜɴᴛ's ᴅʀᴇssᴇs.

Answer 2

Answer:

The author said that Toto was not the sort of pet they could keep for long because he was very mischievous and kept destroying things at home. He would tear things to pieces. He would make every effort to tear a hole in the narrator's aunt's dresses.