Why does Jack insist that it was the wizard that was hit and not the mother?
Jack was a typical father, so as a parent he thinks whatever the parents thinks about their child is correct. So to support this point of view he wanted to insist that it was the wizard that was hit not the mother. There was definitely the generation gap between them so he was unable to understand her daughter’s point of view and continued to support the story in the way he ended.
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