Why does the narrator say her "heart hammers" In paragraph 11 of "Excerpt from Under the Persimmon Tree"?

The narrator said this to describe how they felt at this moment of the story. At this moment,

he is in a scary position. In the story, the narrator is near leopards and is scared. But, the

narrator also doesn't want to run back to their house because then Mada-Jan will be mad at

the narrator. In the text, it says ". And I want to run back tot he house, but I know Mada-jan

will be angry." This shows the reader that the narrator is stuck between conflicts. In the

previous paragraph. Nur says "They were this big!" and "It must be a very large leopard. So.

the narrator says that their "Heart Hammers" because the narrator is scared. frightened and

doesn't know what to do.