Then let me take you to ssssomewhere even warmer and smoother... My ssstomach!" With that Kaa opened his mouth above her head frighteningly wide, eyes closed and mouth ready to clamp down on Melody's smiling, precious face and head.
"COMPANYYYYY MARCH!!!" a loud and extremely commanding voice boomed. Loud crashing could suddenly be heard very close by, as if boulders were crushing every tree and twig in their path. Kaa closed his mouth and looked up in surprise. Colonel Hathi! The elephant Colonel and his group of massive elephants would flatten him and his tree while trying to get to the lake! Normally Kaa would simply get out of the way or scare them off, but almost a third of his body was occupied with his meal. Kaa wanted to scream. He would either be crushed... or let his prey go. Kaa hissed angrilly in displeasure and threw Melody into the lake and quickly slithered away. What horrible luck! Why was it that everytime he was about to get a satisfying meal, something interupted him!? He growled in fury as the tree he had occupied only a few seconds ago was trampled by Hathi and his company.
Melody suddenly came to her own mind again, startled. She coughed, underwater, but sputtered and swam to the surface. She looked up and saw a large troop of elephants in front of her about 20 feet away. What a sight! Not positive what was happening, Melody simply turned and swam for the opposite shore, not wanting to be so close to such large elephants... or a snake she saw earlier, or thought she saw...