Sheena was enjoying her world of dreams when she heard a noise. She got up and started listening to the sounds. She realised that the sounds were coming from the street. She ran outside her house and saw that a snake charmer was surrounded by a group of children. The children were very excited because the man was playing a tune and a black coloured snake was swaying his body to that tune. When the snake charmer stopped playing the music, the snake settled down into the basket where he was kept. People gave some coins to the snake charmer and went their way.
Sheena kept standing there. She was attracted towards the three cane–baskets which the snake charmer was carrying in his bag. She pointed towards them and asked him what was there in those baskets. The man opened the baskets. Sheena saw that there were two more snakes. She was scared but was excited also. She told the snake charmer to come every day. The snake charmer smiled, lifted his bag and went to the next street.
Sheena kept on waiting the whole day for the snake charmer, but he didn’t turn up for another few days. But one day she again heard the same tune near her window. She looked out of the window and saw the same charmer sitting outside with his snake, swaying to the tune played by him. She ran outside when the show was over, she asked him why he hadn’t come for so many days. The man smiled and told her that his son had not been keeping well and he had gone to the nearby city for his treatment. He also informed her that the treatment was quite expensive and that’s why he had come back again to collect some money. Sheena told him to wait there and ran inside to talk to her father who was a doctor. His father gave him a reference letter for the doctor treating his son. The snake charmer was very happy. Tears filled his eyes. He took the letter and went back home with a ray of hope in his eyes. Sheena kissed her father and went inside. She was glad that she had helped someone in his hour of need.
