Page 1 : It was five minutes since Dasa had gone when the youngest son cried, "See therel, cobra came out of a hole in the compound" It paused for a moment to look at the gathering, and then crawled under the gate and disappeared along a drain. A mystery remained whether, there were two snakes there or not. If not, what was in the pot, the servant had gone out with, Had they checked the pot, it would have been cleared. It was crystal clear that their servant, tactfully fooled everyone in the family and cleverly escaped from being fired out., 96, Questions:, 1) Whose life does the author describe in this prose?, R.K.Narayan was a writer of an Indian writing in English. Especially he was popular, In describing the poor life of the south Indian family in all his works. In this prose 'A Snake in, the Grass' he depicts a family with a problem of catching a snake., 2) How was Dasa treated in the family?, The family has an old servant Dasa who spends most of his time sleeping. After, finding him asleep while everyone is looking for the snake, Dasa is reprimanded for not, being more alert. He is threatened that he will be fired for his lapses in duty., 3) What does the old beggar tell the mother?, The old beggar takes it as a sign from the God visiting the house. Abhishekam is a, ritual performed to honor a deity. The person will pour milk on the God who is esteemed., Some milk in a pot which contains the cobra is considered a religious duty to invoke the, snake's aid., 4) What will be the consequence if the snake is killed?, Snakes are not to be killed in India as for as possible. Great care is to be taken not to, hurt it or give it pain. It would be a grievous sin to bruise the head of the cobra which would, be an omen of calamity for the family., 5) What does Dasa tell the family?, He tells the family that he has caught the snake, and he is going to take it to the, snake charmer. The mother wishes that she could have put some milk in the pot for good, luck., 6) How does the clever servant fool the family?, The clever old servant fools his family by producing a pot without a snake. The write, portrays the frantic hunt for the snake; in contrast, when the snake does show up, his co, demeanor seems to say "There is not a problem.'