Snakes

 

All her life, she’d had an absolute fear of snakes. So much so, she “saw” them everywhere.

She screamed at hoses, vines, even her own shoelaces.

Finally, she had enough.

Using her inner Voice of Reason, she tallied up the total number of snakes she’d seen in person and on the loose in her entire life.

The number was zero.

Zero snakes.

Right then, she decided to stop being silly.

She took a lovely walk in the forest, where the breeze rustled the fallen leaves, exposing a gracefully curving branch.

The little Copperhead watched her curiously as she continued on.