Swallowed Swallows

One Saturday, a group of children were creating stories about Catchment Adventures in the old Fordsdale Hall.

"What's that sound?" asked a Sophie.

"It's just the wind rustling in the blady grass," said a boy.

"No. Look! It's that python slithering along the rafters!" said Sophie.

Everyone looked up past the milk bottle top tinsel streamers  and, sure enough, there was a shiny carpet snake slithering along the rafters.

"I wonder what it's doing here?"

A swallow flew in through the window, over the childrens heads and up to its muddy nest in the corner of the hall.

"Oh, no! It's heading towards those swallows nest. Look out Mrs Swallow," called Sophie.

As the children watched the python slid along the rafters. Ssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.

The mother swallow flew out towards the python. It fluttered its wings and chirped as loudly as it could but the python slid right up to the nest and chomp it ate the baby swallows.

"Oh!" said the children, "Poor little swallows."

The mother swallow tried to chase away the python but the python opened its mouth and chomp; it swallowed the mother swallow as well.

The snake slithered along the rafters, out the window.

Flickr image by angusf

It slithered across the grass and it started to cross the road.

A car full of tourists came speeding around the corner of the Gatton-Clifton Road. The driver saw the snake and screeched to a halt. They all hopped out to take photos. The python slithered under the car and up through the car door on the other side.

"Hey where did it go?"

"It must be in the long grass."

The tourists drove off with it some where in the car. Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.

(This story was created by Daryll Bellingham, Sophie and her helpers in the kangaroo group as part of the 'Creating Wildlife Adventures' experience at Fordsdale Hall, Saturday28th May, 2011)