Today I channeled Bruce but should have been channeling Steve Irwin.
Cowboy parked the Ride On Mower at the front door, he was coming in for a break.
Monte immediately ran out to sit on it. I was lingering next to him making sure he didn’t switch on the ignition. We were all sort of hanging around the mower when Cowboy did a funny leap in the air.
I looked at his face and could see immense fear. “Grab Monte!” he said looking down at the mower.
Immediately I felt like Bruce Willis as I grabbed Monte and ran as quick as I could because clearly the mower, it was about to blow!
It’s funny, in retrospect, what your mind conjurs up at moments like this.
The fear on Cowboy’s face as he looked down at the mower, in that split second I knew we had seconds to escape the enormous blow-out – in my sporting anklet socks I fetched Monte and took flying leaps the hell out of there.
At least 50 metres away we turned back, the explosion still yet to happen – to see Cowboy with shovel in hand saying.
“Get in the Car NOW– Is Monte OK?”
“What HAPPENED????” I asked my nerves now sitting on the outside of my skin. ” A huge Brown Snake was just at Monte’s feet!”
Well holy snapping duckshit. It was just THIS MORNING I told Cowboy how I had never, in my life, seen a live snake. In fact, I still hadn’t. Even though this massive piece of work could have been right at my sporting anklet socks.
Holy Shit why did I google an image. No sleep for me EVER AGAIN!!
We sat in the car. Windows up. Shaking. Monte wanting to go out to Daddy —-
Daddy armed with a shovel, pale — looking for the culprit.
Looking, looking – convinced he went behind our front step.
We waited, we looked — we didn’t see him again.
I hope this isn’t a sign of things to come this Summer. Bring the mice back any day.
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Scary … I hate snake season … the kids here found 2 in the garden a month or so ago. But I think what is worse than finding the snake is not being able to find it when you know it was there or when you find babies cause there is a mummy somewhere. So far none in the house but boy did we have some last year … ewww SORRY didn’t make the snake fear any better did I … probably the opposite … but they are all part of country living unfortunately. Cats that will hunt them keep their numbers down :)