Here are some sentences from the text. Say which of them tell you, that the author:

(a) was afraid of the snake, (b) was proud of his appearance, (c) had a sense of humour, (d) was no longer afraid of the snake.


1. I was turned to stone.


2. I was no mere image cut in granite.


3. The arm was beginning to be drained of strength.


4. I tried in my imagination to write in bright letters outside my little heart the words, ‘O God’.


5. I didn’t tremble. I didn’t cry out.


6. I looked into the mirror and smiled. It was an attractive smile.


7. I was suddenly a man of flesh and blood.


8. I was after all a bachelor, and a doctor too on top of it!


9. The fellow had such a sense of cleanliness…! The rascal could have taken it and used it after washing it with soap and water.


10. Was it trying to make an important decision about growing a moustache or using eye shadow and mascara or wearing a vermilion spot on its forehead?

(a) was afraid of the snake

1. I was turned to stone.


3. The arm was beginning to be drained of strength.


5. I didn’t tremble. I didn’t cry out.


(b) was proud of his appearance


6. I looked into the mirror and smiled. It was an attractive smile.


8. I was after all a bachelor, and a doctor too on top of it!


(c) had a sense of humor


2. I was no mere image cut in granite.


4. I tried in my imagination to write in bright letters outside my little heart the words, ‘O God’.


7. I was suddenly a man of flesh and blood.


9. The fellow had such a sense of cleanliness…! The rascal could have taken it and used it after washing it with soap and water.


10. Was it trying to make an important decision about growing a moustache or using eye shadow and mascara or wearing a vermilion spot on its forehead?


(d) was no longer afraid of the snake


10. Was it trying to make an important decision about growing a moustache or using eye shadow and mascara or wearing a vermilion spot on its forehead?


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