Question

Chapter 1: Before Breakfast

This passage is the part where Mr. Arable brings Wilbur inside to
give him to Fern.

"Put it on the chair!" said Mrs. Arable. Mr. Arable set
the carton down at Fern's place. Then he walked to
the sink and washed his hands and dried them on the
roller towel. (4)
1. Mrs. Arable says, "Put it on the chair!" Why does she
call the pig an it?

Answer 1

It is because she doesn't know the gender of the pig