Find the word that refers to the snake’s movements in the grass.

(i) Now arrange the words given in the box under three headings.

Encourage dampen listen barren endanger soften fasten enclose weaken even enable enclave

(ii) Find new words in your textbook and put them under the same headings.

Answer the following questions.

(i) Pick out the line that suggests that the child is afraid of snakes.

(ii) Which line shows a complete change of the child’s attitude towards snakes? Read it aloud.

(iii) “But mother says that kind is good …………” What is mother referring to?

There are four pairs of rhyming words in the poem. Say them aloud.

A snake has no legs or feet, but it moves very fast. Can you guess how? Discuss in the group.