Another encounter with a snake

Well, this time it was a different snake. It was as long as a tree twig, the same brownish colour and was lying across the hostel gate pathway. I was walking my cycle out of the hostel compound, and I could have almost squished that creature under the tyre. Oh well, not necessarily squish. Maybe it would have lashed back at me with some poison instead and that would have been the end of me.

Anyway, point is, "observant" that I was (refer to the name of this blog :D), I did see the snake crawling its way from one end of the gate to the other. I moved a little away from its apparent direction of motion. A girl behind me, was less observant probably. One, she didnt see me take a detour from my path. Two, she didnt see the snake. So I raised my voice in an attempt to drag her conscious mind to the present, "Hey look!". Her gaze suddenly dropped down and reflexively she jumped back.

I took a few seconds to decide whether this snake incident needs to be reported somewhere, or should I just get on my cycle and ride away. The other girl gave my thoughts some company with her own thoughts probably. Finally, I thought of informing the hostel security guard.

I parked my cycle, rushed back to the security guard and told her, "Hostel gate pe ek saamp hai".
SG: Kaunse gate pe?
Me: Yeh wala, saamne hostel gate (I pointed for emphasis)
SG: "Pump?"
Me: (huh?) "Saamp. Snake."
SG: "Oh, woh jayega naaa".
Me: "Haan jayega", I agreed and I left.
(As I reached my cycle, I again hear the SG. SG has followed me to the gate.)
SG: "Kahan hai?"
By this time, that thing has successfully, and at unexpectedly quick speed, clambered the gate and is trying to enter a hole inside the night lamp on top of the hostel gate.
Me: (I point out) "Woh dekho wahan, upar"
SG: "Oooh"
SG: "Jaane do na usko."

I shrugged my shoulders and pushed out on my cycle. The last I saw when I turned back to look was the SG giving the snake company while it probably tried to find a cosy place to climb into.