Fears you develop as a child are often rooted in tolerable insanity.
My body convulsed backwards like it had been yanked back with a cord, and I reversed direction to sprint towards safety.
Thirty seconds earlier I had been crashing through the woods with the complete confidence of an eight year old idiot.
I was halfway over a fallen log when I caught sight of a coiled snake on the other side.
I was halfway over a fallen log when I caught sight of a coiled snake on the other side.
My body convulsed backwards like it had been yanked back with a cord, and I reversed direction to sprint towards safety.
... because NOW there were snakes everywhere.
I couldn't see any of them, obviously. That's how they work.
I couldn't see any of them, obviously. That's how they work.
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