Option 1 -> The narrator shows panic and urgency, not amusement or emotional distance from the event.
Option 2 -> There is no appreciation of the snake's beauty; instead, the focus is on fear and survival.
Option 3 -> The narrator uses visceral language ("Panic gripped my chest," "my breath shallow," "Trembling," "heart pounding louder than the temple bells") to convey terror alongside vivid sensory descriptions of the snake's "beady eyes" and proximity.
Option 4 -> The narrator expresses fear and thrill, not self-reproach or anger about the decision to climb.
Hence, Option 3 -> The encounter is described through intense physical reactions (freezing, shallow breath, trembling, bolting) and rich sensory details (the snake "just inches" away, "beady eyes fixed," heart pounding "louder than temple bells"), creating a vivid portrait of childhood terror rather than detachment, admiration, or anger -> correct