“That’s not a snake. It’s an old stocking.” In my fright I had forgotten to remove the “snake”. I was done for.
Attached to the snake was the string and the string led into our yard.
Three familiar voices chimed at once, “It was him!”
It wasn’t the snake they were after now. They looked under the bed. Nothing.
They passed by me and I didn’t even breathe. They went out the back to look in the outhouse.
Then Jandira had an idea. “I think I know where he is!”
She lifted the lid off the laundry basket and I was hauled out to the dining room by the ears.
Mother beat me hard this time. Her flip-flop whistled through the air,
and I really had to holler so it wouldn’t hurt so much and she’d stop hitting me.
“You little pest! You have no idea how hard it is to get around when you’re six months pregnant.”
“He took his time to get started!” said Lalá wryly.
“Now, straight to bed, you little wretch.” I left, scratching my backside, and lay down on my belly.
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