Story 2

I got eaten by a snake.

Hey everyone my name is Emma, and I want to tell you about the time I got swallowed whole by a giant snake during a trip to Indonesia.

This happened a few years ago when I was 19 years old. My two friends Katie, Nicole, and I were finishing up college classes and we wanted to do something exciting for the summer break. We went to Nicole’s house to discuss what to do, and that’s when Katie got the idea to travel to Indonesia for the summer. Both Nicole and I thought it was a wonderful Idea, and a month later we were all ready for the trip.

We arrived in Indonesia, and checked into our hotel. Now I should quickly describe each of us before I continue with the story. Katie is the leader of our trio. She’s very strong, into sports, and well built, with short brown hair. Nicole is a bookworm, with curly red hair, and glasses. She usually spends her time in the library, either reading, doing homework, or studying. As for me, I’m extremely shy, and soft spoken, with long straight black hair. I’m also a little chubby, but not that much. When I was in primary school I was constantly bullied for my appearance and personality, but Nicole and Katie would always have my back.

Anyway back to the story. Like I said we had arrived at our hotel and after we finished unpacking we looked at the brochure to see what activities we could do. One thing we saw that we all thought looked fun was that there was a lake we could go swimming in nearby, and the best part, it was in walking distance from the hotel. So we put on our swimsuits, and headed out.

After walking for about twenty minutes we arrived at the trail that would lead us to the lake. I took a look at the sign, and saw that it was a warning to watch out for snakes. I immediately got scared as I hated snakes, but Katie, and Nicole assured me that everything would be fine, and they would protect me from any snakes that came. This is why we’re best friends. We arrived at the lake after walking down the trail and instantly dove into the water. We swam, splashed, and laughed for about four hours.

Eventually it started to get late, and Katie, and Nicole were ready to head back, but I wanted to stay a little longer, so I told them to go on ahead, and that I would catch up with them later.

“Are you sure you’ll be okay”? Asked Katie.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be fine. I assured them”.

“Alright, but don’t stay too long”. Nicole replied.

“Yes mom”. I said sarcastically.

Nicole, and Katie left, and I continued swimming.

I stayed in the lake for an extra ten minutes before finally deciding to get out and head back to the hotel.

I made my way out of the water, and began to walk over to my stuff, but after taking a few steps my foot stepped on something. I looked down, and froze, I had just stepped on the tail of a massive snake! I hoped that it was asleep and didn’t feel me, but it wasn’t, and it started moving.

I started to run in the opposite direction, away from my stuff, and away from the path back to the hotel. I looked back, and saw that the snake was chasing me. I ran as fast I could, not really paying attention to where I was going, and it wasn’t long before I tripped, and fell flat on my face.

I was about to get back up, but the snake had already caught up to me, and began to wrap itself around my body. The snake coiled around my waste, and chest. My arms were forced behind my back so I couldn’t use them either. The only parts of my body I could move were my legs, which I kicked back and force wildly, but that didn’t help, it only made the snake squeeze me tighter as it turned to face me.

“Let me go”! I cried.

The snake eyed me for a few moments. It looked hungry, and I was on the menu tonight, there was no doubt in my mind that this snake thought that I would make a tasty meal. Then the snake opened its mouth, and did the most horrific thing ever. It started eating me! The snake swallowed my head, and then moved down to my neck and shoulders. Nothing I did could stop what was happening. I tried to kick my legs back and forth, but that did nothing, the snake only squeezed me tighter as it continued to devour me. For a little while I thought maybe my size would be able to prevent it from swallowing me whole, but not even that helped.

After probably about ten minutes of kicking and muffled screaming, the snake had completely swallowed me whole. I began to panic, I couldn’t believe what had just happened. Had I really just been eaten alive by a giant snake. No this had to be a dream, I knew that I’d eventually wake up in my bed at home, but I didn’t wake up. Instead I was squeezed down, and pushed through the snake's long body. Eventually I came to a stop in what had to be it’s stomach. Now the reality of the situation really hit me, A giant snake had just eaten me for dinner, and was now slithering away in order to digest me. I began to panic, and scream loudly, hoping somebody anybody would hear me, and save me, but no one came.

I kept on screaming, but I knew it was pointless. No one was going to come to my rescue. I was doomed to be a big fat meal for a giant snake, this was the end I thought as I blacked out. At least the snake had a full stomach.

I thought for sure that this was the end, and that I was dead, but then I heard something beeping. I opened my eyes, and I found myself laying on a hospital bed. Confused, I looked to my right, and saw both Katie, and Nicole sitting nearby. When they saw that I was awake they both ran up to me. Katie bursted into tears and hugged me tightly telling me how sorry she was, and that it was all her fault confusing me even more. Once Nicole got Katie off of me I asked what happened.

Nicole explained that after I didn’t return for a while they went back to the lake, only to see the snake swallow me whole. Panicking they both ran for help and came across a man with a machete. The man followed them back to the lake and cut the snake open. To both my friends and the man’s shock, I was still alive. The man called an ambulance, and they took me to the hospital.

After Nicole finished, I was both shocked, and grateful, the whole time Katie kept on apologizing even though I assured her that it wasn’t her fault. The doctor came in and told me that I was going to need to spend the night, and then I could leave. The next morning I was discharged from the hospital, and my friends and I booked the next flight home, because we were all too burned out to continue our vacation, and I for one had had enough of snakes to last me my whole life.