Snake wrangling
Yesterday I got bitten by a snake. We were at school about 6:00 to help with the band concert that was starting at 7:00. A few of the kids were arriving to warm up, and one of the girls came up to me in a mild state of panic.
"Mrs. Weatherford! There's a snake in the hallway!!"
I asked her to show me where it was. She stopped about 20 feet away from it, but we were close enough to point. It was just a little guy; maybe 8 inches long and pretty thin. I picked him up behind the head, but he was so little he wriggled out of my grasp, reached around, and bit me on the finger!! Well, that just made me more determined to get the little bugger out of the school. I took him outside and put him down, but not before he bit me a few more times. The bites had hardly hurt at all, but as I was heading to get my camera I noticed my hand was bleeding quite a bit. Apparently tiny fangs can still poke pretty deep. Don't worry-I still have all my fingers intact. I'm just disappointed I wasn't able to get any pictures!
"Mrs. Weatherford! There's a snake in the hallway!!"
I asked her to show me where it was. She stopped about 20 feet away from it, but we were close enough to point. It was just a little guy; maybe 8 inches long and pretty thin. I picked him up behind the head, but he was so little he wriggled out of my grasp, reached around, and bit me on the finger!! Well, that just made me more determined to get the little bugger out of the school. I took him outside and put him down, but not before he bit me a few more times. The bites had hardly hurt at all, but as I was heading to get my camera I noticed my hand was bleeding quite a bit. Apparently tiny fangs can still poke pretty deep. Don't worry-I still have all my fingers intact. I'm just disappointed I wasn't able to get any pictures!
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You should have spoken to it with an Australian accent and it would have calmed right down. hahah.
Comment by Emily — May 30, 2006 @ 01:52 — Reply