A pregnant cobra broke into a farmer's home in Longhai, Fujian Province, where the family treated the unexpected friend well.

The householder Hong caught the cobra, put it in a bag and decided to send it back to the mountainous region.

The cobra started to lay eggs the next day. The family then worried that if the cobra and eggs were moved back into the mountain, the eggs might not be hatched successfully.

Finally, the family chose to keep them all until all the eggs were hatched, and set out to buy a lot of the cobra's favourite food.

Xiamen Daily