Then, in mere seconds something began to feel off. I looked up just slightly to try to spy more of the sweet flowers, and then our eyes met. It was long, thin, bright lime green, with a light lemon yellow underbelly, and had layers of smooth scales evenly running all the way down to its tail. A thin light pastel pink forked tongue flicked out at me. I froze, muscles tensed, thoughts raced through my head “is it poisonous? Is it hostile? Will it bite me?” Bam. Bam. Bam. Right in a row these thoughts raced through my head, like the cards sent by the Queen of Hearts sent to chase Alice, and almost as quickly I decided that I wasn’t gonna wait around to find out. I spun around, away from the unidentified snake. Tearring my way up the hill as fast as I could (which isn’t that fast), feet thumping against the ground. My heart was almost breaking out of my chest and through my ribs it was beating so fast. My lungs screamed for air as I reached the peak of the incline. I was
Then, in mere seconds something began to feel off. I looked up just slightly to try to spy more of the sweet flowers, and then our eyes met. It was long, thin, bright lime green, with a light lemon yellow underbelly, and had layers of smooth scales evenly running all the way down to its tail. A thin light pastel pink forked tongue flicked out at me. I froze, muscles tensed, thoughts raced through my head “is it poisonous? Is it hostile? Will it bite me?” Bam. Bam. Bam. Right in a row these thoughts raced through my head, like the cards sent by the Queen of Hearts sent to chase Alice, and almost as quickly I decided that I wasn’t gonna wait around to find out. I spun around, away from the unidentified snake. Tearring my way up the hill as fast as I could (which isn’t that fast), feet thumping against the ground. My heart was almost breaking out of my chest and through my ribs it was beating so fast. My lungs screamed for air as I reached the peak of the incline. I was