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The boys got excited immediately.

“There is a rattlesnake over there?”

“Yep, and you guys are not allowed to go over to it.”

“What? That is so unfair!”

Patrick told us that if we went past Glenn, we were in trouble. I was fine with that – I wanted to stay away from rattlesnakes. Yeah, it would be kinda cool to see it. But it wasn’t worth getting in trouble for!

The truck and van arrived, and most of us went and started putting our stuff in it. Once I had put my water bottles in my spot, I told Kayce and Maggie we should go ask Patrick for our reward for winning the race the day before.

We ran over, and apparently we were walking too close to the snake. I didn’t even know where the snake was! But Glenn thought we were walking too close to the snake.

I just remember asking if I could see the snake, since I was already there. I was given permission, so I asked where it was. You couldn’t see any snake!

“It’s right underneath that log. It’s a baby one, but it’s still dangerous. Especially because it hasn’t learned to hold back some of the venom.”

It was probably about a foot long, and it wasn’t moving. Glenn said there was a reason for that, but I don’t remember it.

I told Glenn thanks for letting me see it, and headed over to Patrick’s truck.

“Hey Patrick? Can we have our prize? We won the race on the lake, remember?”

“Oh yeah, that’s right. Sure, I’ll get you your prize.”

He lifted a small blue and white cooler out of the back of his truck. Kayce, Maggie and I looked at each other in anticipation – we couldn’t wait to see what we got!

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