MY BEST FRIEND IS A SNAKE
eaten anything for one month. "She" just let the frightened animal s running inside the room, and she didn't try to eat them.
One of my best friends has always been very interested in wild animals.
We told him that it would be a good idea to take the snake to the vet and so he did. As he was very worried 1 promised to go with him. The doctor sedated the snake and after the examination he turned to my friend and said: '1 know why your snake hasn't eaten this month" My friend was anxious to know the reason. 'Please, te11 me!' he begged '1'11do whatever is needed to help my "friend"!!' Then, the doctor smiled and replied 'Are you willing to be eaten by your "friend?' My friend was shocked, and so was I. 'What have you just said?' he enquired. '!t's very simple, sir. Snakes are very smart, they like eating the best type of food and they are able to refuse a sma11prey if they have the possibility of catching a tasty and bigger one' . My friend's face was whiter than snow, I was sure he was going to faint at any moment. The snake was planning to eat him!! "She" was waiting to be big enough so its body could digest such a big prey. We phoned the zoo immediately and asked them to pick up the boa.
Since we were children he was always watching documentaries about animal s and he used to have many exotic pets like piranhas, turtles, a parrot, and even an iguana. But, his biggest dream was to have a snake. Not any snake, he wanted a boa. His parents never a110wed him to buy one, her mother actua11yhated them, so when he grew up and bought a house he knew exactly what was the next "thing" he was going to buy: a boa. He had to do a lot of paperwork in order to get the license to get such a snake but fina11y he achieved his big dream. As he said, the day he brought the snake home was the happiest day in his life. He took care of the snake better than if it were a baby. In fact, he created a room specially designed for the snake. It was like a huge terrarium where the boa could find everything it needed: light, sand, logs, stones ... He was always talking about his pet and he seemed to be very happy. Once he told us that sometimes he lay down on the floor of the room next to the snake and he caressed it. We were a bit scared but he told us that "she" was a calm and harmless animal. In fact "she" had become his best friendo One day, he started to be worried about his loving "friend". He used to feed the boa with rats and even little rabbits, but the snake hadn't
Since this day my friend hasn't had any other exotic pet, a1though when we talk about his "friendly" snake he always says the same: 'Well, she tried to eat me, but who can blame her? I must be very tasty!'
Isabel Cipitria Ruiz. Cantabria, Spain.