The Snake Charmer

I saw a snake charmer at the village fair.
He was a man of about 40 years.
He was wearing a large turban.
The turban was very dirty.
Even his clothes were very dirty.
He was blowing a long pipe.
The music was loud and clear.
He had a straw basket before him.
He opened the basket slowly.
A black snake came out of the basket.
It was a cobra. It raised its hood as it came out.
The snake charmer continued to blow his pipe.
Then, the snake charmer began to move his pipe.
The snake began to move with the pipe.
Everybody felt happy at the end of the show.
They gave some coins to the snake charmer.
I gave him a ten- rupee note.
Answer the following questions
1 Whom did I see at the village fair?
(a) magician (b) snake charmer (c) traveller (d) musician
2 The snake charmer was blowing a long _ (a) drum (b) pipe (c) stick (d) wand
3 He snake charmer had a straw _ before him.
(a) drum (b) basket (c) stick (d) rat
4 What came out of the basket?
(a) deer (b) sparrow (c) snake (d) rat
5 Give the plural of ‘snake’.