DANGEROUS ENTHUSIASM

A snake charmer was having a long cobra. The snake charmer used to play with the cobra, show in to the people and collect money. After that he used to put the cobra in a bamboo basket, put a lid over it tightly and put it under his cot in his house. There were many rats in the house of the snake charmer. One small rat was very curious and enthusiastic. One day he saw the bamboo basket under the cot. He become curious about it . He thought that there might be some sweets in it and tried to remove lid., The lid was so tight that he could not open it . Yet he could not control the temptation to eat he sweets in it. His mother always used to tell him. “Do not touch anything that you do not have information about”. But forgetting everything about her advice and because of the temptation of eating the sweets, he climbed the lid of the basket and started gnawing it with sharp teeth. When there was a s small hole in the lid, he entered the basket. The cobra was sitting there. When it was the prey voluntarily coming towards him, he ate it up in moment and came out through the hole in the lid and went happily toward jungle . The kid had to lose his life because of his over enthusiasm.