MM actually has one advantage....
The reason PeeGee the golden coloured coastal carpet python was actually moved from the said gaol was because of a terrible rip-stick accident.
Let me tell you the story... Come kids, gather round....
It was a dark and stormy night in the tropical land of Gordonvale. Nothing stirred or whispered except for the 40 knot winds that howled through the holes in the fence pilings and rustling the banana leaves shredding them, making them unusuable for a hangi. But standing alone, with two other young girls, was Pipi Pee (names change for annanomity). Standing on the glistening white tiles of the modern but modest decor of the new house.
She eyed up the shadowed grass, lit in the surrounds by 2 edison screw 100W spot lights now selling for $8.95 at Coles, but are so inefficient compared to the more modern energy saving light fittings for similar prices. The two orange sparkle wheels lay at 45' angles to the white tiles with her foot paused on the rear of the rip stick.
"You can do it..." they chanted. "You can do it..."
She knew she could. It was only 14 tiles to get enough speed to get over the small, yet dangerous edge where tiles meet lawn. She knew if she had enough speed the coefficient of friction between tile to lawn would be great enough to fling her off the rip stick hurtling towards a certain plummet to earth. Though she wouldn't have time to meet terminal velocity, she would almost certainly get mud on her knee.
"You can do it...." They continued.
Her foot now raised the rip stick perpendicular to the tiled floor, he other foot paused on the tiles pushing, but not moving, ready for the first thrust. The motion forward was anxiously waiting. She knew she could do it. She knew she could. She took one last breath, eyed up the grass at the end of the tiled runway, looked deep into the howling wind. Then with one last gasp of air her right foot pushed off....
The rip stick flew from underneath her. She squealed as the rip stick now without a rider hurtled towards the most vicious looking carpet python's enclosure. A glass enclosure with a wooden backing given to the owner by Stary Boy an ex-APS member for a long time. The tank housed the most ominous python. One that has never let a hand go unscathed when entering her dimension. One python has struck so much fear into the hearts of these young girls, knowing if this python should ever escape, the first thing it would do would be find kitchen utensils and inflict as much pain on the family as possible.
With the rip-stick now out of control, and hurtling towards the tank, Pipi Pee lay on her back, knees slightly bent as she heard the loud CRACK!
The girls scampered quickly, locking all doors and gasping with their hands over their mouths.
"What if she escapes.." one says
"She'll kill us all...." The other says....
Pipi Pee looks horrified as the python slithered around looking for the weak point in the now cracked glass. The glass glistened under the 100W bulb's light refracting light in unique angles and beginning to scatter the light because of the obtuse angles that now existed. But the glass held. Even though the carpet python nudged the glass, it appeared there was no real way out.
This time, Pipi Pee was lucky.
Some clear tape ($1.99) covered the star shaped crack.
And work on the latest enclosure began....
