Snake in the Door
Yes. There was a snake, and it was in the door.
I walked to school today, as I do every day, to get books for class planning. There ends the normal day.
I noticed that the back door for the school was slightly ajar.
I opened the door to go through.
I looked down, something moved. Moving critters are not strangers to the area, and mostly consist of Jerusalem crickets, stinkbugs the size of your thumb, scorpions, or lizards. A moving strand of scales and danger about 3 feet long writhed between the door and the door frame just below the hinge. After a millisecond of casual visual investigation, the neurotransmitters of my brain sent two impulses through my body in rapid succession.
First Impulse: Scream like you are a small rodent on fire for a duration of two seconds before realizing what you just accomplished.
Second Impulse: Shut door like the door is the only thing separating you from a horde of zombie superheroes.
Effectively trapping the bull snake half in and half out of the door, I was afraid to let go. For the moment, I was on the tail side of the door, and I wanted to keep it that way. I placed a large stone against the door to keep the snake pinned, drew a large sign promoting the words "SNAKE IN DOOR," posted the sign on the door, and calmly walked away.
I am not a hero when it comes to snakes. Our resident IT hero took one look at my find and released it somewhere along the trails behind the school. You can be sure that particular snake will take a while to round out, and longer for me to run on the trails without the company of our rez dogs who make habits of eating snakes.
Since I did not stop to get a picture, here is an example of my little friend from http://www.thedauphins.net/rgv_reptiles_and_amphibians.html:
I walked to school today, as I do every day, to get books for class planning. There ends the normal day.
I noticed that the back door for the school was slightly ajar.
I opened the door to go through.
I looked down, something moved. Moving critters are not strangers to the area, and mostly consist of Jerusalem crickets, stinkbugs the size of your thumb, scorpions, or lizards. A moving strand of scales and danger about 3 feet long writhed between the door and the door frame just below the hinge. After a millisecond of casual visual investigation, the neurotransmitters of my brain sent two impulses through my body in rapid succession.
First Impulse: Scream like you are a small rodent on fire for a duration of two seconds before realizing what you just accomplished.
Second Impulse: Shut door like the door is the only thing separating you from a horde of zombie superheroes.
Effectively trapping the bull snake half in and half out of the door, I was afraid to let go. For the moment, I was on the tail side of the door, and I wanted to keep it that way. I placed a large stone against the door to keep the snake pinned, drew a large sign promoting the words "SNAKE IN DOOR," posted the sign on the door, and calmly walked away.
I am not a hero when it comes to snakes. Our resident IT hero took one look at my find and released it somewhere along the trails behind the school. You can be sure that particular snake will take a while to round out, and longer for me to run on the trails without the company of our rez dogs who make habits of eating snakes.
Since I did not stop to get a picture, here is an example of my little friend from http://www.thedauphins.net/rgv_reptiles_and_amphibians.html:
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