Why did the ticket collector insist on calling toto a dog
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This question is based on the short story 'The Adventures of Toto' by Ruskin Bond.
Grandfather took Toto along with him when he went to collect his pension from Saharanpur. When the ticket collector was checking his ticket, Toto peeped out of the bag and scared him by giving him a huge grin. This irritated and annoyed the ticket collector who started arguing with grandfather to pay the dog's full fare.
Despite grandfather's repeated protests, the ticket collector insisted on calling Toto a dog as there was no rule for fixing a monkey's fare according to the rule books. He categorized all pets in the dog's fare in order to collect fare for them. Further, he had only seen Toto's face when he had peeped out from the bag. Thus, grandfather ended up paying a sum of Rs.3 to bring Toto along with him on the train.