![]() ![]() Harry, believing that Ganderbai is calling him a liar, berates the doctor with racial slurs. As the story progresses, it is revealed that there is in fact no snake on Harry.Īfter the initial panic, Ganderbai inquires whether Harry is certain that there actually was a snake. Timber and Ganderbai frantically try to get the snake off of Harry through various methods (which include sedating the snake and giving Harry an antivenom). Ganderbai, a local Indian doctor who rushes to help. He explains that a venomous snake, the krait, has crawled onto his stomach, underneath the covers, and asks Timber to fetch a doctor. ![]() Harry is in bed, motionless, sweating, and panicked. Timber goes over to his friend Harry Pope. The main character is Harry Pope and the narrator of the story is Timber Woods. The story is set in India during the time of British rule. In 1980 it was adapted as the fifth episode of the second series of Tales of the Unexpected. ![]() In 1958 it was turned into an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, directed by Alfred Hitchcock himself. ![]() In 1950 it was adapted for the radio programme Escape. " Poison" is a short story written by Roald Dahl that was originally published in June 1950 in Collier's. ![]()
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