CBSE Class 7 · English · Honeycomb

Garden Snake

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Muriel L. Sonne's short poem shows a child overcoming fear of snakes after mother explains that garden snakes are harmless and eat insects.

I saw a snake and ran away - some snakes are dangerous, they say.

Opening lines show automatic fear and popular belief that snakes are deadly.

Mother says that kind is good and eats insects for food.

Parental knowledge introduces a harmless garden snake that helps the garden.

When it wiggles in the grass the child will stand aside and watch.

Instead of running, the speaker chooses observation at a safe distance.

The child tells himself, "There's no mistake, it's just a harmless garden snake!"

Repeating the new belief helps overcome old fear.

Short rhyming lines make the lesson easy to remember for young readers.

The poem's form matches its simple moral - learn, then act wisely.

The child does not touch the snake but no longer panics - respectful coexistence.

Standing aside shows both safety and respect for a useful creature.

wiggles	moves in curves
harmless	not dangerous

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