Question

Hi here is your question

why did the farmer's wife strike the mongoose with her basket

Answer 1

Hello user !!!

Your answer :-

→Because the farmers had thought that the mongoose might had killed the her baby when she saw the blood marks .

→But it her baby was protected by mongoose from a harmful snake .

→Here she didn't think what happend and striked the mongoose with her basket .Hence , the mongoose had died .

→Haste makes waste

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Answer 2

hi. mate
here is your answer

when the farmers wife returned home carrying the heavy basket she found the Mongoose at the entrance of the house with blood on his paws and face she thought that mongoose had killed her baby. she filled with anger and with all her strength she stroke the Mongoose with her basket
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