One day, Aelin and her mother went out fishing in a canoe, paddling along.

While they were on the river, near the shore, under some trees whose branches were long enough to reach where they were, a snake suddenly fell right between them.

The snake slithered towards Aelin, who was sitting at one end of the canoe. She screamed, and the snake, startled, moved to the other side.

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Now, the snake was heading towards her mother.

“Aelin, why did you…? Aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

Her mother screamed because of the snake as well. The snake got scared again and headed back toward Aelin. She screamed again, nearly crying. The snake turned back toward her mother, who screamed once more. And this back-and-forth continued until the snake finally leapt off the canoe.

They didn’t find it funny until several days later. Even her grandfather thought it was amusing.