Small wavelets rippling from the side of the pool revealed that something was not happy in the water and wanted out. Expecting another one of the ubiquitous small frogs, I sauntered over with a skimmer net to rescue the struggling creature.
To my surprise, it was a harmless little ribbon snake so desperately seeing escape, and I scooped it up with the net and deposited it outside on the lawn. I expected it to slither quickly away, but instead, it lie motionless, twisted into tight coils; a snake’s “fetal position,” I suppose. Later, when I returned, it was gone, apparently no worse for the wear.
It was just another example how it is much easier to into a predicament than it is to get out of one. I wonder if it learned its lesson; people seldom do.
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