question_answer 2)

How does Jo want the story to end? Why?    

Answer:

Jo, like any other person, especially a child, wanted the story to have a happy ending. She did not want the skunk to be shunned by his friends for a lifetime. She was happy when the skunk smelt of rose and gained acceptability. {So she could not bear the fact that Roger Skunk's mommy felt that a skunk should smell like one and she hit the wizard right over the head who in turn made Roger Skunk smell very bad again. Jo was very sorry for the skunk who had been insulted by the other creatures for such a long time. This was the first time that he had found company and friends and they would again refuse to play with him. Therefore, in order to change the end of the story, she wanted the wizard to hit the skunk's mommy on the head and not change that little skunk back into afoul- smelling creature.