Once there was a farmer in a village who thought that their small son needs a companion. He discusses it with his wife and brought a cute baby mongoose. Soon the baby mongoose becomes like a family member and used to play with farmer’s son. In five or six months the baby mongoose had grown to his full size – a while the farmer son remains still a baby in a cradle.
One day, the farmers lady wanted to go to the market.. She said to her husband to keep an eye on their son as she does not like his son alone with the mongoose.
The farmer replies that mongoose is a friendly animal and it is as sweet as our son. The wife went away, and farmer had nothing to do in the house, so he decides to visit his nearby friend. During his return, he meets other friends and didn’t return for quite some time.
When farmer’s wife returned home from the market carrying a heavy bag. She saw the mongoose waiting for her. Once she came, mongoose run to welcome her.
The farmer’s wife saw that mongoose face and paws were full of blood. She Screamed and was blind with rage and with her strength brought down the heavy basket on mongoose and ran inside to the child’s cradle.
When she entered the room, she saw that the bay was fast asleep but on the floor lay a black snake torn and bleeding. Then she realised that the mongoose had saved her son’s life and she ran towards the mongoose. She cried touching the mongoose, who lay dead and still, unaware of sobbing. She was sad and stared long at the dead mongoose. Then she heard the baby crying. Wiping her tears, she went to feed him.
