A couple of months later, one day the farmer and his wife wanted to
go out of the house leaving the child at home. The farmer thought that the
mongoose would take care of the child while they were away. So they left the
mongoose and the child at home and went out.
The farmer's wife returned earlier and on returning home found that
the mouth of the mongoose was stained with blood and she immediately inferred
that the mongoose had killed the child. In anger she threw a box on the mongoose
and the mongoose was hurt badly. She then rushed inside to see what happened to
the child. She was surprised to find a dead snake lying in the room. She could
infer that that the mongoose had saved the child's life by killing the snake.
Realising the mistake she went out of the room only to find the mongoose dead on
the floor. She cried out load at her hasty action.
