It's hungry
The phrase you are looking for is "during the night".or "at night"
A snake= your enemy. That bites you? "To bite the hand that feeds you." Someone very close to you, sorry.
You haven't stated which boy you mean. I am assuming you are referring to the littlun in chapter two: The sound of the conch. The littlun with the mulberry coloured birthmark on his face tells the assembly of boys that he saw a snake-thing or beastie. He also asks what the boys intend to do about the snake-thing and whether it will return during the coming night.
nocturnal means, 'active at night'. bats are nocturnal, because they sleep during the day and hunt at night.
A gecko (an animal) who is awake during the night mostly and rests during the daytime.
No it doesn't mean evil. The snake in China actually means rebirth because the snake sheds it's skin.
it means you ate too much cheese prior to bed
That they sleep during the day and are active at night.
The same thing it does during the day.
Serpent is the only synonym for snake.
do you mean a trumpet snake? it is a pipe snake fashioned for the trumpet to make cleaning it easier.
Dreams are meaningless. They are simply random images conjured up by the brain, while the body repairs itself during sleep. We apparently have many dreams through the night, but we only remember the last one just before waking.