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Why did the farmer’s wife strike the mongoose with her basket? - English

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Why did the farmer’s wife strike the mongoose with her basket?

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The wife saw the mongoose face and paws smeared with blood and concluded that it must have killed the baby. She cried ‘blood’ and continued screaming hysterically and accusing the wicked animal of having killed her baby. She was blind with rage and with all her strength she brought down the heavy basket full of groceries on the blood smeared mongoose.
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