one night , after dinner , while cant was out for his nightly walk and the rest of the boys were seated around the fire , provoking each other and laughing - drewbell approached the group of young boys and tossed a live ground snake into andrew 's lap- ( she had caught it earlier in the day and kept it in a sack for such an occasion ) -all of the boys studied the object for a brief moment before realizing it was , in fact , alive , and it was , in fact , a snake , at which point there was an incredible panic and they all jumped up to run screaming into the darkness .
One night, after dinner, while Cant was out for his nightly walk, and the rest of the men were seated around the fire, provoking each other and laughing, Drewbell approached the group of men and tossed a live ground snake into Andrew's lap--she had caught it earlier in the day and kept it in a sack for such an occasion--all of the men studied the object for a brief moment before realizing it was, in fact, alive, and it was, in fact, a snake, at which point there was an incredible panic, and they all jumped up to run, screaming into the darkness.