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“Won’t it peck me?” I asked the ranger. “No, sweety. Just stand beside this amazing Aussie icon.” The bright light hurt my eyes. Next we went to the reptile show. He talked about reptiles in the wild, and what to do if you ever came across one. Then he asked who wanted to hold a snake. I put my hand up, even though I am terrified of snakes, too. I quivered as he brought the huge four metre black-headed python out of the suede snake bag. “Join the line.” The ranger insisted happily.

“Yuck! It’s all slimy. I can feel its bones!” The camera light flashed across my face. When he put the snake on my neck, it didn’t feel so bad. Holding the snake was actually fun! “This has been a great day!” I yelled. My family nodded, but just stared at me as though I was the weirdest, most craziest, person in the world. I guess they were freaked out by snakes and thought I was brave. I hoped so!