

When ever there is a snake in our neighbourhood & if people are unable to reach the proffessional snake catchers & conservationists, they do know whom to call & we are always readilly available for the task. Me & my cousin are both big time fan of snakes & try to do our best for their conservation. I don’t know about any other animal which can adopt so many tecjniques once to get the neck of its prey!It pounces,squeezes,poisons & paralyses its prey.Its abilities, skills & unpredictable nature has always left me amused. Snakes to me have always been extremely fascinating creatures. This was one such typical sunday noon for me until I heard my name being screamed out on the road.I rushed to my balcony, & saw my cousin ‘s wife standing down there, she told me that my cousin encountered a wounded snake & he is taking it to the vet to get it treated.She was yet to finish her sentence when I slipped into my shoes & ran upto their house a few lanes away. Toss over the diet I had worked on the entire week.

Read up every word in the magazine section of the news paper. I havn’t been able to rest my mind nor have I been able to intake a breath of peace since the sunday afternoon.It was just another weekend to me when I would wake up only until I couldn’t lie down anymore.I would catch up with all the weekend nonsense on my t.v set. I feel guilty for I could do nothing at all to save a life! I feel like a killer! I feel guilty for having not been successful to come over the helpless situation.

I might not be the reason for its injury but I feel guilty for being unable to prevent its death! All the passion and compassion I had for it could make me do nothing to save it,when it was endangered. The feeling that comes to you when you loose a loved one in your own hands is terrible.
