Do you think the snake was conscious of the poet’s presence? How do you know?
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23/12/2020 12:02 pm
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Do you think the snake was conscious of the poet’s presence? How do you know?
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23/12/2020 12:03 pm
The snake was not conscious of the poet’s presence for it came very peacefully trailing his yellow-brown belly down over the edge of the stone water trough. It rested its throat upon the bottom where the water was dripping and sipped with his straight mouth softly into his slack long body.
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