It wasn’t until he removed the last log from the woodpile that he noticed all of the snakes. He had always known there was one, he had seen it before, but never did he think there would be this many.
He had no intention of relocating them or chasing them off. He knew they were keeping the bug population down, as well as any visiting rodents.
As he stood there, it suddenly dawned on him that the snakes didn’t scatter when he revealed himself, which is what should have happened. He looked down, focusing on each one and noticed that every snake was facing in the same direction, and not at him.
Something across the road had their attention and now he was more concerned as to what that was than he was about the snakes beneath his woodpile. The animal kingdom can always sense danger before we can. They know when something is about to happen.
He leaned towards the
road, squinting to see if he could tell what had the snakes so concerned. Then he noticed movement by his feet. All of the snakes were taking cover, but from
what? They were rushing to hide under whatever they could find, from
whatever it was across the road, and I began thinking I too, should go back
into the house.
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