Say weather the following statements are true or false:
1. Snake hid under a stone.
2. Raja was very excited to see the snake.
3. Raja's grandparents were very worried to see the coconut shell with the snake in it.
4. The coconut shell broke and the snake crawled away.
Answers
1)false
2)true
3) true
4) false
ne day I saw a small snake in the compound. It was crawling along slowly but when itsaw me, it moved away quickly and hid itself in a coconut shell. I quietly went near andclosed the mouth of the coconut shell with a stone. Then I took the shell and ran toGrandmother.“ Look, Grandma,” I cried, “ I have caught a snake.”“ Snake?” asked Grandmother in alarm. She was shocked. She cried for help. Grandfathercame running. When he learnt that I had a snake in the shell, he snatched the shell andthrew it away.The snake crawled away and disappeared behind some bushes. Grandfather warned menever to go near a snake, because snakes were very dangerous.Later in the evening, I tried to catch a bee and it stung me on my finger. I felt a sharp pain.I ran to grandmother and told her that I had been bitten and wanted her to do something tostop the pain. Grandmother thought that I had been bitten by a snake. She called out toGrandfather, “Come and see what has happened to Raja.”Grandfather came at once. He looked at my finger and there was a blue mark. Without aword he took me in his arms and started running. He ran across the garden and throughthe paddy fields. He ran and ran and did not stop until he reached a small house quite somedistance away from our home. Then he shouted for the man who lived there.An old grey haired man came out of the house. He knew the cure for snake bite. Grandfatherasked him to cure me. The old man took me inside. He looked at my finger and thenasked me to sit down and not to move. I sat on Grandfather’s lap. The old man then tooksome water in a small brass vessel, sat in front of us and started reciting some mantras.I wanted to tell him that it was a bee and not a snake that had bitten me. But Grandfatherheld me tight and did not allow me to talk. Grandmother too had arrived by then and someother people with her. They looked sad and silently watched me.By this time the pain in my finger had stopped. But still I had to sit there and get cured of‘snake bite.’
Answer:
1. Snake hid under a stone → false
2. Raja was very excited to see the snake. → true
3. Raja's grandparents were very worried to see the coconut shell with the snake in it. → true
4. The coconut shell broke and the snake crawled away. → false