Question

summary of the friendly mongoose

Answer 1

ONCE a farmer and his wife lived in a village with their small son. They loved him very much. “We must have a pet," the farmer said to his wife one day. “When our son grows up, he will need a companion. This pet will be our son’s companion." His wife liked the idea. 

One evening, the farmer brought with him a tiny mongoose. “It’s a baby mongoose," said his wife, “but will soon be fully grown. He will be a friend to our son." 

Both the baby and the mongoose grew. In five or six months the mongoose had grown to its full size - a lovely animal with two shining black eyes and a bushy tail. The farmer’s son was still a baby in the cradle, sleeping and crying alternately. 

One day, the farmer’s wife wanted to go to the market. She fed the baby and rocked him to sleep in his little cradle. Picking up the basket, she said to her husband, “I’m off to the bazar. The baby is sleeping. Keep an eye on him. Frankly, I don’t like to leave the child alone with the mongoose." 

Answer 2

"A friendly Mongoose" is about a farmer and his wife, who loved their new born son very much. Once, he expressed his wish to have a pet as a companion to their son. The farmer brought a baby mongoose that will soon grow with their son. In few months, the mongoose grew into a lovely animal.  

One day, the farmer's wife decided to go to a market after feeding and rocking her baby to sleep. She told her husband not to leave her son alone with the mongoose. He went to the fields to meet his friends and did not return back for some time.  

His wife returned back with groceries to find the mongoose with blood on his face and paws. She thought that it has killed her son and in anger, she threw the basket containing the groceries on the mongoose and ran inside to see what happened.  

Her son was sleeping peacefully and on the floor, a snake was lying dead, smeared in blood. She immediately ran back outside to find the mongoose dead."