CLASS 9
THE SNAKE AND THE MIRROR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A RUBBER TUBE
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A BIG RAT
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A FAT SNAKE
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A DEAD MOUSE
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Detailed explanation-1: -One night, a fat snake falls from the gabled roof of his room. It lands on the back of his chair; and then coils round his left arm. The doctor is turned to stone. The snake’s head is hardly three inches from the doctor’s face.
Detailed explanation-2: -He remained calm and didn’t jump, or tremble or cry out. He did not try to either catch the snake to throw it away or to loosen its hold on his arm. Fear had gripped him but he kept his cool. Thus the snake left the doctor unharmed and got busy admiring its image in the mirror.
Detailed explanation-3: -The moral of the story is that one should not be proud of one’s looks, beauty, achievements and strengths. It is in moments of fear that humans realise the futility of worldly achievements. The doctor is cured of his arrogance after the encounter with the snake.
Detailed explanation-4: -The snake turned its head. It looked into the mirror and saw its reflection. The doctor felt that God appreciated the doctor’s realization of his mistake. Something favourable happened and the doctor’s life was saved.
Detailed explanation-5: -after slithering along his shoulder the snake coiled itself around his left arm above the elbow .