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The sn
                                                                    The snake stared right through my soul with
                                                                    its bla
                                                                    its black beady eyes, while I slowly took a few
                                                                    steps back, ready to capture this moment. I
                                                                    steps
                                                                    took o
                                                                    took out my camera trying to make as little
                                                                    movement as possible. Still, I was sweating
                                                                    movem
          W i t h  a  g r e e n  h a t ,  o n m y s w e a t y  h e a d ,  a  profusely while my hands shivered in fear.
          With a green hat, on my sweaty head, a
                                                                    profus
          camera in my hands capturing pictures                     After all, the snake was still a force to be
          camera in my hands capturing pictures of of
                                                                     f
                                                                     f
                                                                    After
                                                                      t
          anything and everything that seemed
          anything and everything that seemed                       reckoned with.
                                                                    reckon
          fa fa f scinating and a pair of hazel spectacles
          fascinating, and a pair of hazel spectacles               As my hands rose to my face with the camera,
          gently slipping down my sweaty nose... I was              so did the python. All I could see was a
          thrilled to be wandering inside the depths of             terrifying yet fascinating beast just a couple of
          the Amazon forest.
                                                                    feet away. With a drop of sweat rolling down
                                                                    my chin, I clicked the picture and a flash
          A brook flowed in the distance, as the                    illuminated the snake’s eyes. I panicked as I
          discomfort of the moist environment was                   had not anticipated the flash to go off. I fled
          wearing me down. I endured this unpleasant                the scene hastily, or so I thought…as the beast
          feeling with a motive to capture something                came chasing after me. What happened next
          wild and incredulous, within my time inside               was the sight of my deepest darkest horror…
          the forest. Motivated, I sauntered with zeal,
          scrutinising everywhere I went in the hope of                                     -Himalaya Satyal
          finding something worth capturing. For the
          most part, all I could see were green shrubs
          and tall broad-leaved trees touching the baby
          blue sky. Nothing ignited my interest.


          Although the experience was riveting, a part of
                                            hours
          me was still not satisfied. After two hours of of
                                            . My eyes
          patience and anticipation, I was tired. My eyes
          drooped with disappointment and my mouth
                                            y mouth
          was parched.


                                             water,
          I opened my bottle and gulped some water,
                                             mile.
          wondering if I could still go the extra mile.
                                            figure
          Right as I closed the lid, a long dark figure
          emerged, hissing and slithering around the
                                           nd the
                                            . I had
          winding branches of the tree in front. I had
          been barking up the wrong tree all along when
                                            ong when
          the answer to my conundrum was right in in
                                            ht
                                           artled,
          front of my eyes this whole time. Startled, I I
                                            twelve-
          stood motionless face to face with a twelve-
          foot long fully grown adult python as shivers
                                             shivers
          ran down my spine and I could feel adrenaline
                                            drenaline
          permeating throughout my body. I was as
          anxious yet excited at the same time
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