A five-foot monocled cobra slithered through a throng of barefoot children one afternoon recently. Not even the toddlers recoiled in fear.

• 前些天的一个午后，一条身长五英尺的单眼斑眼镜蛇在一群光着脚丫的孩子们中间穿过，不过，即使是连路也走不稳的小不点儿们也并没有因为害怕而退缩。