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Village of Snakes

The village of Saperagaon is unusual because it is home to many snake charmers. Each house has numerous poisonous snakes like cobras and vipers. Twelve-year-old Ravi plays with the snakes and uses them to perform shows in nearby towns to earn money for food, though the pay is small at only 25-30 rupees per day. While snake bites are not very common, it is a difficult way for children to live as earning money is hard, so now they attend school to learn other skills.

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Village of Snakes

The village of Saperagaon is unusual because it is home to many snake charmers. Each house has numerous poisonous snakes like cobras and vipers. Twelve-year-old Ravi plays with the snakes and uses them to perform shows in nearby towns to earn money for food, though the pay is small at only 25-30 rupees per day. While snake bites are not very common, it is a difficult way for children to live as earning money is hard, so now they attend school to learn other skills.

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VILLAGE OF SNAKES

By Sahan Devu

Saperagaon isn’t an ordinary Indian village – (1) ___ a village of snake charmers.
In (2) ___ house in the village there are (3) ___ lot of poisonous snakes: vipers, kraits (4) ___
cobras. Each one of these snakes (5) ___ poisonous enough to kill you, but (6) ___ children love
playing with them.

It (7) ___ the beginning of a new day (8) ___ Saperagaon. The sun is coming up.
Twelve-(9) ___ -old Ravi is happy because it (10) ___ warm enough to wake the cobras. (11)
___ opens the basket and a king cobra (12) ___ its head. It hisses and then (13) ___ to bite. ‘It
doesn’t like waking (14) ___’ says Ravi, laughing.

The villagers use (15) ___ snakes to earn money for food. ‘(16) ___ day we walk
15 or 20 (17) ___ to the nearest town.’ says Ravi.’(18) ___ play music on the pipes and (19) ___
snakes dance. People enjoy the show, (20) ___ they don’t like paying. Each day (21) ___ earn
only 25 or 30 rupees.’((22) ___ not enough for an ice cream (23) ___ the UK).

There aren’t many snake charmers (24) ___ ndia now,’ says Sanjay Nath, (25) ___
father.

‘Do many snake charmers die (26) ___ snake bites?’ I ask.

‘No, not (27) ___,’ says Sanjay, “but that isn’t the (28) ___. We haven’t got much
money or (29) ___. It’s difficult to earn money. (30) ___ is not a good life (31) ___ children.
They go to school now. (32) ___ learning a different way to live.’
VILLAGE OF SNAKES
By Sahan Devu

Saperagaon isn’t an ordinary Indian village – (1) ___ a village of snake charmers.
In (2) ___ the house in the village there are (3) ___ a lot of poisonous snakes: vipers, kraits (4)
___ and cobras. Each one of these snakes (5) ___ is poisonous enough to kill you, but (6) ___ all
children love playing with them.
It (7) ___ is the beginning of a new day (8) ___ in Saperagaon. The sun is coming
up. Twelve-(9) ___ -year old Ravi is happy because it (10) ___ is warm enough to wake the
cobras. (11) ___ he opens the basket and a king cobra (12) ___ shows its head. It hisses and then
(13) ___ leans to bite. ‘It doesn’t like waking (14) ___ up!’ says Ravi, laughing.
The villagers use (15) ___ the snakes to earn money for food. ‘(16) ___ each day
we walk 15 or 20 (17) ___ kilometers to the nearest town.’ says Ravi.’(18) ___ we play music
on the pipes and (19) ___ the snakes dance. People enjoy the show, (20) ___ though they don’t
like paying. Each day (21) ___ I earn only 25 or 30 rupees.’((22) ___ which not enough for an
ice cream (23) ___ in the UK).
There aren’t many snake charmers (24) ___ in India now,’ says Sanjay Nath, (25)
___ his father.
‘Do many snake charmers die (26) ___ of/from snake bites?’ I ask.
‘No, not (27) ___ many,’ says Sanjay, “but that isn’t the (28) ___ problem. We
haven’t got much money or (29) ___. It’s difficult to earn money. (30) ___ It is not a good life
(31) ___ for children. They go to school now.(32) ___ learning a different way to live.’

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