Q2. “ The sound was a familiar one.” What sound did the doctor hear? What did he think it was? How many times did he hear it? (Find the places in the text.) When and why did the sounds stop?

                                      Chapter name-The snake and the mirror

                                           By- Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

Ans.2. The doctor lived in a room that was full of rats. He heard the sounds of the rats.  He thought it was the noise made by rats as they make the noise every single day. He heard the sound thrice. The sounds stopped suddenly when the rats saw the snake.