Passage for 21 BCS Preliminary

The gypsies are tribe of a strange people. They do not have any fixed home, but wander about from place to place and live in tents. They were originally a native of India, but as they reached England from Egypt the English to them for Egyptians. This is why they came to be called gypsis. They were beloved to possess strange powers. They could tell your fortune by reading the palm of your hand. It is thought that they stole little children to train them in their way of life. Whenever a child got lost, it was thought that it had been carried away by gypsies, So they were arrested and sent for trial. But this attitude towards the gypsies has gradually changed.