IF A SNAKE BITES YOU, BITE IT BACK

A farmer was in his rice farm at night when he felt something bite his leg. He quickly went in his house to get a flashlight so as to see clearly what had bit him. It was a cobra.

Before you say ‘kai!’ let us put ourselves in the farmer’s shoes and gauge our options. Should you tie the upper part of the leg  or should you run and scream for help which by the way, will increase your pulse rate hence blood will circulate faster and as a result the venom will spread throughout your body intoxicating your blood, heart e.t.c. point is you will die. On the brighter side, stay calm, breathe, tie the leg and call for help (assuming you have a mobile phone).

The farmer then bit the snake. That’s right; he opened his mouth and bit the cobra. I don’t know about you, but I imagine a snake let alone a cobra with a fat head full of venom, has very hard skin considering it’s a reptile; I honestly do not quite get the picture clearly in my head but he did it.

 “If a snake bites you, bite it back and you will not die”, said a snake charmer from Nepali

So the farmer took the advice and chomped it to death. Did he live? Of course, how else would we have come to know of the story. Five quick lessons from  this story: always listen to advice regardless of the source, thoughts should come before actions, deal with problems as soon as they occur, do away completely with a problem generator and lastly for the love of God, please please do not go farming at night when you can’t see a damn thing or snake.

                                                                                                     bahati