Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question.

Once upon a time, there was a girl called Little Red Riding Hood because of the red hood she always wore. The girl walked through the woods to give her grandmother some food. A wolf wanted to eat the girl but it was afraid to do so in public (sometimes there were woodcutters watching). So, he suggested the girl should pick some flowers, which she did.

after that, he went to the grandmother's house. He ate the grandmother, and waited for the girl, disguised as the grandmother. When the girl arrived, he ate her too. A woodcutter, however, came to the house and cut the wolf open. Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother came out unharmed.

What does the phrase “in public” in line 6 mean?