Why does the author say, “Toto was not the sort of pet, we could keep for long?”
(CBSE SA-I, 2011)
The author's family was not very well to do and they could not afford breaking of the dishes, tearing of clothes and curtains. Toto was a very mischievous animal of all the others in grandfather's private zoo. This made the family decide that Toto was not the sort of pet they could keep for long.