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"Daniel, get up !" shouted Papa from down the
hall.
"Yeah, yeah, " Daniel replied grudgingly as he
crawled from his comfortable bed and dragged himself
___1___ a
shower.
Some days, Daniel wished he could just slither ___2___
the hall like a giant python. That would be great,
just slithering ___3___.
"I wish I could be a snake," muttered Daniel as he
finished brushing his teeth.
They had been doing a project work on snakes in
Mr Roslee's class. Daniel had to choose a snake to
write ___4___
for his project. He decided on the King Cobra. They
had studied the savannah and Daniel thought the King
Cobra was really cool.
It was easy to write a report and make a virtual
snake for his project. So he decided to do it first
thing that ___5___
afternoon, the moment he reached home.
Daniel's head was full of snakes as he was
walking ___6___
a grassy path from the MRT station, he paused.
"Funny ... I thought I heard a hissing sound," he
mumbled. He was sure he was hearing things. Snakes
do not normally show themselves in the hot
oppressive heat, preferring ___7___
to be in the shade.
"Hiss!"
Daniel heard it a second time, ___8___
louder this time. He scanned the grass patch and
thought he saw something moving, slithering. It was
a King Cobra ! There was no mistake about it. No one
would miss ___9___
fan-like neck that was so unique to cobras !
But how was that possible ? Daniel lived in
Singapore and the King Cobra could ___10___
be found In Africa. |
