Lower'n A Snake's Belly
Originally posted on August 1, 2007
Continued from “Ugly Boots”
Eli: Hey, Tiny, you look cold.
Cassandra: I am getting cold – can you hand me my coat? It’s in my suitcase.
Eli: You have got to be kidding! You brought a fur?
Cassandra: A lot you know. It’s faux fur. Innocent animals don’t deserve the death penalty just so people can wear their coats.
Eli: Real or not, it’s going to be a bit much, don’t you think?
Cassandra: It will have to do – it’s all I brought.
Eli: Here – I have an extra sweatshirt. Might be a little big on you but you can roll up the sleeves or something.
Cassandra: (grumbling under her breath) Or something. What a fashion statement.
Eli: Stupid zipper……….Uh, what did you say?
Cassandra: I said it’s a pretty color. Thanks.
Cassandra: I’m going to get more things out of the car, ok?
Eli: (still distracted) Sure, thanks, Tiny.
Cassandra: (screaming)
Eli: What? Cassandra, what are you………..?
Cassandra: You didn’t tell me there’d be…….snakes……here!
Eli: Snakes, huh? Lemme see. Can you show me?
Cassandra: (clutching him tighter) I am not going over there again! (shudders) Snakes - ewwwww….
Eli: Come on, Tiny. I don’t think there are any dangerous ones out here, but I’ll check it out. Where did you see them?
Cassandra: A huge one ….over….over by the . ……near that tree.
Eli: Wait here, ok?
Cassandra: Did you kill it?
Eli: Naw, he didn’t do anything to deserve the death penalty. A garter snake’s not poisonous, so I just took him and let him go in the trees.
Cassandra: Better have been WAY into those trees, Eli.
Eli: Oh it was, half a mile back at least.
Cassandra: You weren’t gone long enough for that. I might be a wimp but I’m not stupid. I think you might be guilty of exaggeration here.
Eli: Maybe a little guilty. Really Tiny, I don’t think he’ll be back. Think you scared him senseless with all that screaming.
Cassandra: I did not scream.
Eli: Yeah, you did.
Cassandra: I did not!
Eli: Okay, you didn’t scream………..
Cassandra: Right.
Eli: You squealed and shrieked.
Cassandra: Oh you….. You should have prepared me better, you know. I’ve never been camping before, so I didn’t know what to expect.
Eli: Aw geez, Cassandra, you haven’t? You were so quick to agree when I said where we were going. I thought….
Cassandra: I just wanted to be alone with you, really alone. It sounded like a good idea at the time.
Eli: Such a trooper. Hey, but listen…. We don’t have to stay if you don’t want to. I can find us a nice B&B somewhere I bet. Wanna go someplace else?
Cassandra: No, let’s stay. I want to give it a try…. As long as you promise there won’t be any more……snakes.
Eli: Can’t promise that, Tiny, but I’ll promise to take care of any you find, deal?
Cassandra: Deal.
Eli: Bet you’re glad you wore those ugly boots after all, huh?