A snake

A snake

In May 2006, I was reading my emails while my wife was washing the laundry in the back of my house.
All of the sudden, I hear my wife screaming for help.
Fearing that she had an accident, I ran outside.
My wife was standing at the washing machine and on the concrete fence of my house was a snake dangling.

The snake was about 1.8 meter long.
I took my wife inside while watching the snake.
This was my first encounter with a snake.
I took the ceiling broom which had a long shaft and tried to kick the snake of the fence.

After a few kicks the snake fell on the ground and slithered under the washing machine.
The washing machine was a semi automatic machine with 2 drums.
As the snake was hiding under the washing machine, I switched it on.
The machine started to run but after a few minutes, the machine made a loud noise and stopped.
I tumbled the washing machine and strangled in the belt was the snake, cut in pieces.

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