My Worst Nightmare

I am standing in our driveway. I can see through the screen porch and kitchen window to where Mom and Dad and Uncle Mac and Aunt Shirley are sitting at the table, playing cards. A big snake comes out from under the shed and starts to wrap around me. I try to yell but they don’t hear me. The snake wraps further around and I can’t yell any more, and they still don’t see me and my problem.

I was 5 or 6 ???

I have never forgotten that dream (obviously)

I suppose from watching too much Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom?