it had been in the hay that his brother had been bitten by a snake when cap himself was only three , it was n't a very dangerous snake , but his big brother had screamed , he had screamed , and there had been the smell of hay , the smell of clover , the smell of timothy , and his big brother was the strongest , bravest boy in the world but now he was screaming , big , tough , nine-year-old leon hollister was screaming `` go get daddy ! ''