The Snake and the Mirror & A Legend of the Northland

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A homeopath (a doctor who practices homeopathy). He tells this story to his friends about his encounter with a cobra when he was young and had just started his medical practice.

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Meagre means small in quantity or amount. In the story, it refers to the doctor's small earnings when he had just started his practice.

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He lived in a small rented room without electricity. The room had a tiled roof with supporting gables, no ceiling, and rats frequently moved along the beam above. He shared this room with rats.

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The doctor made three decisions: 1) He would shave daily and grow a thin moustache to look handsome, 2) He would always keep an attractive smile on his face, 3) He would marry a fat woman doctor with …

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He wanted to marry a fat woman for a practical reason - if he made any silly mistake and needed to run away, she would not be able to run after him and catch him! This shows his humorous and somewhat …

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The doctor didn't jump, tremble, or cry out. He sat still like a stone statue, hardly breathing. He felt the great presence of God and was afraid that any movement would make the snake strike him.

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The snake saw its own reflection in the mirror. It became fascinated with its own beauty, unwound itself from the doctor's arm, and moved toward the mirror to admire itself more closely.

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When he returned with friends to collect his belongings, they found that a thief had stolen almost everything from his room. The only thing left behind was his dirty vest, which the thief considered t…