Snakes

Cobras, black, white and grey, Which but live in starw roofs, ant-hills, field dividers, Tree stems or holes, There are a few non-poisnous snakes Which run about here and there, One or two living in the pond another Another running in the green grass, The green bean coloured snake One may take it for a creeper or a bean And the one running in the green grass Or around the house is a grey and lined snake, One which lives in the pond is a non-poisnous one. But there are some which can take the sleeps away Krait, Sankhamuti, Kalchiti, Surechanda, Bora As vipers deadly, The krait found in the Santhal Patrganas is a very dangeruos snake, Found in the bushes and hilly tracts, Deep back, coal tar black and shining, Just like a plastic piece With the red tongue. There are also some which live on trees and in hedges And they are also poiisnous, Perhaps a little bit, One snake like the one of the trees Too lives in the pond, The chocolate-coloured metali snake living in muddy and water bodies You can catch and hurl it about, So simple and poisonless is it, The dhaman snake yellowish can even sck milk from the cows If gets it the opportunity.