When I called____my mother, she told me snakes came near the house now and then. Here was a chance for me to distinguish ____(my)by inventing something merciful that would seize snakes but not harm them. I tried to find some products____might help me, but there only seemed to be____(powder) designed to kill snakes. I set about____(research) the habits of snakes. Prepared with some research findings, I____ (decide) on three possible approaches. I chose the most practical one to cool the snakes with frozen bowl and ice-cream so that they would become sleepy____could be easily caught. My third attempt was____(success). I carried in my hand a small net in the expectation that the snakes would bite again. But ____ (monitor) carefully, the snakes proved to be no trouble. I collected the passive snakes and the next day and____(merry) released them all back into the wild.