About Maar ( The Snake )

The story centers on a down-and-out street performer who, in a remote village, acquires a rare cobra in exchange for his wife's gold necklace—the most valuable possession he owns—given to a strange, ragged man. The cobra is subsequently stolen by the ragged stranger, and the performer, facing the villagers' accusations that the snake has escaped, is driven out of the village. After a period of wandering, he meets an old shepherd, and...