Coz the parents were not paying attention to their baby
Quenya is the language of the High Elves in Tolkien-lore. (I assume you had to read the Hobbit, maybe review it again, since this was a rather important point.) The trolls, goblins, and orcs mostly speak Black Speech, and the hobbits speak Westron.
Grendel's thoughts is what the author uses
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