Quang Hai
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I am reading a story. Ben is a bad boy (8 years old). Margy is his mather friend. Ben's neighbor lost a headscarf.
"Margy remembered the fingernails of the two boys engrained with earth, and guessed that the headscarf had been used to wrap up Mabel, Ben’s guinea-pig, before confining her to the gerbil and guinea-pig graveyard beside the box hedge."
I could not understand what is 'confining her to the gerbil' means. I understood that boys (Ben and his brother) had wrapped up Mabel (the guinea-pig) and then buried in a graveyard near the box hedge. If so, what is meaning of "confining her to the gerbil" here. thanks for your help!
"Margy remembered the fingernails of the two boys engrained with earth, and guessed that the headscarf had been used to wrap up Mabel, Ben’s guinea-pig, before confining her to the gerbil and guinea-pig graveyard beside the box hedge."
I could not understand what is 'confining her to the gerbil' means. I understood that boys (Ben and his brother) had wrapped up Mabel (the guinea-pig) and then buried in a graveyard near the box hedge. If so, what is meaning of "confining her to the gerbil" here. thanks for your help!
