Tuesday, 12 September 2017

Letter - A swimming pool incident - Oct/Nov 2009

Hi Joe,

I hope things are going well with you and that your exam preparations are not too stressful. In order to help me relax from all my revision, I try to get down to the swimming pool as often as possible. And that is where something really interesting happened.

I was doing laps in the pool when I noticed something unusual in the water. I swam over to take a closer look and was shocked to saw that I actually saw a real, live snake in the water (remember, that pool is outdoors)! Needless to say, I backed away as quick as lightning and jumped out of the pool at the earliest opportunity. I raised the alarm by screaming at everyone that there was a snake in the water. This of course resulted in mayhem. However, the lifeguard was nonplussed and he just grabbed a net and fished the snake out. He explained to me later that it happens quite regularly in the early summer and that the snakes are not poisonous. In fact, they are more scared of us.

Well, that’s all for now. I’ve got to get back to the studies. Please write soon to let me know your plans for after the exams.

All the best,
Jim

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