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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becoz the snakes mother was calling him
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because i saw the rat and it wants to eat it
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saw its reflection in the mirror and was fascinated by it
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The snake left the doctor’s arm because it saw its reflection in the mirror and was fascinated by it and so wanted to enjoy its own reflection by having a closer look.
Detailed explanation-2: -The doctor thought that the snake must be praising its own beauty because it was looking at the mirror for a very long period of time. The snake then moved towards the mirror to see its clearer reflection and admire its own beauty more.
Detailed explanation-3: -The doctor saw the snake’s reflection in the mirror. He, then, went to have a closer look. He got up from the chair and ran away from the house. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-4: -The doctor sat there without moving an inch, he was afraid lest the snake might strike. He thought of various medicines he had and if any one of them was good enough to save him if the * snake struck him. He realized the presence of God and felt that it was a punishment for being proud and arrogant.
Detailed explanation-5: -In the story “ The snake and the Mirrors", the homeopath doctor has been portrayed as a person who can assess himself critically and humorously . He honestly admits that as a new practitioner of medicine, he could not earn much and had to rent a poor, rat-infested house without even the facility of electricity.