“That was close”
breathed Wombat,
“I’m glad it’s over.”
HISSS
— came a sound.
“What was that?”
asked Possum.
“It wasss me!”
hissed a snake as he slid out from under a rock.
“Ahhh”
said Kookaburra,
“food, at last!”
“You … you eat snakes?”
The snake’s eyes grew wide with terror.
“Oh, yes, all the time,”
replied Kookaburra,
“But if you tell us where Croc is, I might spare you.”
“Grrrrr”
growled Croc, rising out of the billabong.
“I’m here. Now Kangaroo,
prepare to die!”
“You … you eat snakes?”