What Do You Do when Seeing a Big Snake?

When running away, I was in fear that the snake was also chasing me from behind. Can you even imagine the scene of me running away, while in my mind, what if that large and long snake was right behind me?

Well, we couldn't just leave the rice field. If we did, those hundred of birds were partying on our grains. We couldn't just go home even though we were more alert with our surrounding since we knew that the large snake was with us around the farm.

We kept ourselves away from that end part where the snake was. We did expect that, dad was coming to pick us up in the evening. He didn't show up.

Once the sun was set at the west, birds were gone. Only by this time, we could go home. We needed to move quicky since it was going to be dark right after the sun was unseen at the west. Also, our farm located at higher landscape compared to our village. The speed of darkness was even quicker in the village.

At home, that night, my sister and I told our mom, dad, Inang and our brother, what was happening at the farm. Dad said, "Well, the snake was there to cool itself. We simply get to be vigilant with our steps around the area. Let them be there, they are part of the ecosystem there, to keep nature in balance."

Yes, that make sense. I am glad that my parents understand how nature has its own balance-system. Snakes also have their rights to be in nature. We get to respect them to being themselves.***