The doctor was admiring himself in the mirror and thinking about marrying a wealthy, heavyset woman. As he was lost in thought, a snake suddenly appeared on his chair and then coiled around his arm, coming within inches of his face. Frozen with fear, the doctor realized he should not be arrogant about his looks. The snake then moved towards the mirror and admired its own reflection. The doctor fled and returned to find all his belongings stolen except a dirty vest. He concluded his story by saying he never saw the snake again and assumed it was enticed by its own beauty in the mirror.

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Quality Education For All

2. THE SNAKE AND THE MIRROR
Chapter 5

3. WHO DOESN’T LIKE ADMIRING ONESELF WHEN
THEY SEE THEMSELVES IN THE MIRROR? THE
DOCTOR WAS NO EXCEPTION.

4. SO, AS HE BEGAN GAZING AT THE MIRROR, HE
COULDN’T HELP ADMIRING HIMSELF AND WANTED TO
LOOK MORE PRESENTABLE.

5. AS HE PICKED UP THE COMB AND
ADJUSTED THE PARTING OF HIS HAIR IN A
NEAT SECTION, HE STARTED THINKING THAT
HE SHOULD WORK ON HIS LOOKS AND
ALWAYS WEAR A SMILE ON HIS FACE.

6. GRADUALLY, HIS CHAIN OF THOUGHTS
SHIFTED FROM SELF-ADMIRATION TO
MARRYING A BULKY WOMAN DOCTOR
WHO WOULD EARN PLENTY OF MONEY
AND HAD A GOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE.

7. HE WANTED TO MARRY A FAT
WOMAN SO THAT WHENEVER HE
COMMITS A BLUNDER, SHE IS UNABLE
TO RUN AFTER HIM AND CATCH HIM.

8. THE DOCTOR WAS SO LOST IN HIS THOUGHTS
THAT HE DIDN’T PAY HEED TO THE PIN-DROP
SILENCE IN HIS ROOM AND THE SCURRYING OF
THE RATS WAS SUDDENLY INTERRUPTED.

9. FURTHERMORE, THERE WAS A SUDDEN THUD LIKE A
RUBBER TUBE ON THE GROUND. HE DIDN’T REACT
TO THE SOUND AT ALL. BUT JUST AS HE TURNED
AROUND, HE SAW A SNAKE WAS WRIGGLING ON
THE BACK OF HIS CHAIR THAT LANDED ON HIS
SHOULDER.

10. IN NO TIME, THE SNAKE COILED ON THE
DOCTOR’S LEFT ARM ABOVE THE ELBOW. THE
SNAKE WAS ROUGHLY A FEW INCHES AWAY
FROM HIS FACE.

11. CONSEQUENTLY, THE DOCTOR WAS
COMPLETELY NUMB AND REMAINED
STILL LIKE A STATUE. AT THAT
MOMENT, THE DOCTOR COULD FEEL
THAT GOD MIGHT HAVE PUNISHED
HIM FOR HIS ARROGANCE.

12. HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS A
SIMPLE HUMAN BEING AND HE
SHOULD NOT HAVE BRAGGED
ABOUT HIS LOOKS.

13. WHILE THE DOCTOR WAS LOST IN THIS
REALIZATION, THE SNAKE SLOWLY MOVED AWAY
FROM HIM AND WENT CLOSER TOWARDS THE
MIRROR.

14. AS THE SNAKE OBSERVED ITSELF IN ITS
REFLECTION, IT WAS FILLED WITH ADMIRATION OF
ITS OWN BEAUTY. SEEING THIS, THE DOCTOR
SILENTLY ESCAPED FROM HIS ROOM AND RAN
FOR HIS LIFE UNTIL HE REACHED A FRIEND’S
HOUSE.

15. THE NEXT MORNING HE RETURNED TO HIS ROOM
TO FIND THAT ALL HIS BELONGINGS WERE ROBBED
EXCEPT THE DIRTY VEST HANGING ON HIS
ROOM’S HANGER.

16. AS THE DOCTOR CONCLUDED HIS TALE, THE
LISTENERS WERE EAGER TO KNOW ABOUT THE
WHEREABOUTS OF THE SNAKE AND ASKED HIM
SEVERAL QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO IT.

17. THE DOCTOR FINALLY WRAPPED UP HIS
STORY STATING THAT HE NEVER SAW THE
SNAKE AGAIN AND ASSUMED PROBABLY
IT WAS ENTICED BY ITS OWN BEAUTY.
Enticed -arousing strong attraction or interest