Snake in the Yard

Today was a nice Sunday. I thought that I would update my blog later in the night; and I was thinking about what to write.... I was thinking about the new Harry Potter movie, about what happened in school last week, about the games I play with my friends... then suddenly my dog started barking so loud that I knew something abnormal was happening; then I heard my father shout asking all of us to get inside immediately and close all the doors.

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That was when I saw the snake.

It was really huge, certainly taller than me. It was curled up around a flower pot and my dog was trying to attack it. My father was calling my dog back, but my dog was just barking and I got really scared. I took some dog biscuits and tried to call my dog inside, but my dog was not going to come without attacking the snake behind the flower pot in our garden. My mother was about to call the security, when 3 security guards came to our gate along with our gardener and the manager of our colony. It turned out that they were chasing the snake which came from my neighbours house.

We all tried to move my barking dog into the house, before he could attack the snake. Then a security guard moved the snake by poking it with a stick. It immediately slithered across to the back yard and climbed over the wall and into another house. My dog chased it till it climbed over the wall. We finally caught our dog and put him back into the house.

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But the snake was still not caught and the security guards went looking for it. They finally found the snake in another house and killed it by beating it with sticks. A guard then dragged the snake to the center of the colony. I rushed there with my camera, but the camera's battery was dead. One of my friends had come with her camera, but she was afraid of going near the snake, so I took some pictures with her camera. The half dead snake was moving a lot and a few people were so scared of the snake that they looked away whenever it moved. When it was completely dead I touched it to feel how it was; it felt really soft, like jelly. All the children who had come to see the snake called their parents. Many of them scolded the security guards for killing the snake instead of trapping it. The security guards promised to trap a snake if they ever saw one again.  We also realised it was a rat/whip snake and was not poisonous and felt bad for killing it. The guards threw the snake out of our colony, where it would never be seen again. 

I like all animals, and I am not afraid of snakes. I know that there are 4 types of poisonous snakes in my country- the Cobra, two types of Vipers and the Common Krait. The fear of snakes is known as ophidiophobia. After the way my neighbours behaved after seeing the dead snake, I think they all have the phobia. When someone is afraid, they don't think logically. I realised this when I saw all of us go after the snake trying to kill it.... without even thinking if it was actually harmful or not. I hope that the next time I see a snake I think and behave logically without getting scared.

Note: Sometime back, I found another packet of chocolates at home. But it is almost done now.