Met a Snake by Accident

马丽萍

Met a Snake by Accident

马丽萍

Last weekend，my cousin Linlin came to my house.She said，“Let's fly a kite.”I was very happy.This was the first time for me to fly a kite.

Linlin was so clever that she made a kite by herself.She drew a picture on the kite.It looked very beautiful.

“Where are you going to fly？”I asked Linlin.

“We will fly on the hill behind your house，”she said with a smile.

The hill was not high.There were trees and flowers on the hill.Linlin was running with the kite and I was running after her.The kite was flying high in sky.How happy we were！

Suddenly，we stopped.There was a snake in front of us.It made us shocked.How terrible it was！

“Don't fear.Keep still，”I said to Linlin.We kept silent.I stamped1my feet without saying any words.The snake was running away soon.

“Why did you stamp your feet？”Linlin asked me in a surprise.

“Snake is not good at seeing things，but it is good at listening to sounds，”I said to her，“When I was a child，my father told me when you meet a snake，you should keep quiet.It will not attack2you until you are moving all the time.”

We heard that my parents calling us to have dinner so we returned down the hill to back home.I told the accident to my father as soon as I got home.My father said，“Snakes and people are also friends.We don't attack them，and they won't attack us.”

遇蛇奇记

上个周末，我表妹琳琳来到我家。她说：“我们去放风筝吧。”我很开心。这是我第一次放风筝。

琳琳很聪明，她自己亲手做的风筝。她在风筝上画了画，看起来很漂亮。

“你打算去哪儿放风筝呢？”我问琳琳。

“我们去你家的后山上放。”她笑着说。

后山并不高。山上有树有花。琳琳牵着风筝跑，我在后面追着她跑。风筝在空中飞得很高。我们玩得很开心！

突然，我们停住脚步。在我们面前有一条蛇。我们大为震惊，太可怕啦！

“别害怕，别乱动。”我对琳琳说。我们一直都不出声。我不说话只是跺了跺脚。蛇很快跑开了。

“你为什么跺脚？”琳琳诧异地问我。

“蛇视力不好，但是听力很好。”我说，“小时候，爸爸对我说过的。当你遇见蛇的时候，你应该保持安静。蛇是不会攻击你，除非你老是乱动。”

我们听见爸爸在喊我们回去吃晚饭，于是转身下山回家。我一回到家就把偶遇蛇的事情告诉爸爸。爸爸说：“蛇和人类也是朋友。我们不攻击它们，它们也不会攻击我们。”