Story 29. Snakes Are Different.
My aunt is an expert on snakes.
But my friend Molly is very afraid of snakes.
One day, my aunt said, Molly, snakes are wonderful animals.
Would you like to touch one?
They are awful! cried Molly.
I would never touch a snake.
Never!
But why? my aunt asked.
What scares you about them?
They give me the creeps, cried Molly.
They might bite me.
What scares me most is their tongues.
No, no, no! I will never touch a snake.
My aunt explained that snakes use their tongues to smell.
That made Molly laugh.
Imagine that, my aunt said.
We smell with our noses, but snakes smell with their tongues.
Sometimes we are afraid of things just because they are different, said my aunt.
She took us to her laboratory.
She brought out a small green snake.
Molly took a deep breath.
Then she touched the snake!
It felt warm and silky.
