Danger: Snakes in Area

 

If you read the title of this, you probably know what it’s about. We were walking the trail at Smyrna Dunes Park. We walked up the observation deck. And there was a cute frog, hanging on the mesh . Wow, what are you doing up here, buddy? Well, I soon found out. As I gazed the horizon for any gopher tortoises, I looked back and there was a snake curling through the mesh. “Mira, Mira, Mira!” I said to John. I don’t know why I suddenly started to speak in Spanish (I got the English scared out of me. And the shit.) So, I’m stuck there, because to get down the steps I’d have to go by the snake, and I don’t trust it, even though it was really only after the frog (Poor frog). So John is looking at it like it’s so cool, and I’m scrambling for an escape. I hurled myself on the railing, and I know John is thinking just calm down. The snake starts to swirl under the steps, so I think it is time to make an escape. When his tail is out of sight I run down the steps, so thankful I didn’t fall. All the while John is admiring the snake, it twirls through the mesh, looking for prey. And I’m waiting for this snake show to be over. And I had a bad feeling about that deck because last time there were hornets there. Listen to your guts! And wherever there’s a cute frog, there’s probably a snake! Anyways, I found a rock that looks like the state of Virginia, so I’m happy about that. 


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