There are some sounds in this universe that are intrinsically terrifying to humans. The snapping of twigs on the forest floor at night, as a predator approaches your campsite. The dry rustling of a snake slithering through dead leaves. Or the hissing of a snake. Or the buzzing of a rattlesnake’s tail when you just stepped on something in thick underbrush but you can’t see the snake so you don’t know which way to jump. Ok, so you get the idea, I hate snakes. Not all snakes; we had black snakes in our barn and they ate rats so I had no problem with them. The kind of snakes I hate are the ones I
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