“There’s a
snake by you!” someone behind me shrieked.
I looked to
see who she was talking to. When I
looked down, I realized it was me. A two foot long snake sliced the water
beside me. I jumped out of its way.
The
intruder headed to the side of the pool as he disrupted the water aerobics
class. Alarm and dismay took over the class.
Another
lady and I slowly walked to the side. I grabbed a foam noodle from the deck and
dipped it under the snake. Just as I had him to the edge, he slid back into the
water and headed towards me. Again, I jumped away. Then I maneuvered him toward
the side again.
Like a
cobra, his head reached upward as he struggled to escape. Just as we thought he
would make it, he slipped downward. I kept trying to go under him to lift him
with the noodle but couldn’t get a grip on the slippery fellow.
At the same
time, the teacher and another student each hurried to get a pool net. Both
stood ready for action. The teacher reached down and snagged the intruder. With
the net far out in front of her, she walked to the back of the pool area to
release him over the fence. However, he wouldn’t come out of the net. She shook
the critter but he wouldn’t budge.
She left
the net hanging over the fence and stated, “I have never seen such a large
snake.”
We laughed
and told her that was a small one for Florida.
“No one
told me about that,” she said.
We laughed
and resumed class. Just another day in sunny Florida.
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