One day, last week, when we were in school, we heard a great commotion. Our teacher (mom) said we could go outside to see what was happening. There was a group of 6 Gumuz men by our mango tree. They had their bows and arrows and were all shouting. They had seen a snake in the tree and were all taking turns shooting at it. Some of their arrows got stuck in the tree and some of their arrows went flying into the forest. Then they shot the snake and it was wriggling in the tree and they dragged it onto the ground. It was a long, bright green mamba snake which is very deadly.
Then the Gumuz took rocks and hit the snake on the head until it was smashed and cut off. Then they all took turns spitting at the snake. They put the snake onto an ant hill so it would get eaten up. I am sad that snakes like our mango tree because we can't sit in it anymore.
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