Liz Ortiz

My heart nearly leapt out of my chest when I looked down. My next step was about to be on a viper! I quickly sidestepped to avoid the two-foot snake that slithered past me. No one else was around, so I quickly ran to the nearest house to alert them of the danger. “There’s a snake and I nearly stepped on it!” We called the gardener and went on a snake hunt. There are many poisonous snakes in West Africa, and when you see a viper, you want to get rid of it before someone gets b