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Well Ken,  I think it is all about you.  To dream of snakes is a warning to pay attention to bad things around you.  To dream of a snake that is trying to bite you means there is a pretend friend or enemy in your life that is trying to do you harm.  (The mud on its face may be an enemy in disguise.)  To have control of a snake means you are in the process of trying to work out or on what is being done to you, but a lazy snake means the situation has been going on for a long time or that the person or persons doing bad things to you is not aware of what they are doing or the impact it has on you.  Are you reading any books on dream analysis or just Wittgenstinian architecture?
Best,
Leland
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From: "Let us not speak foul in folly!" - ][<en Phollit [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ken Follett
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 5:06 PM
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Subject: Re: Had a dream last night....

With a piece of fishing line wrapped around it's neck I captured a poisonous snake about four feet in length and big around as a baseball bat. The snake was alive, wanted to bite me, but was a bit lazy or inept. As long as I kept tension on the fish line and moved ahead of the snake it did not bite. Interesting fangs, quite large and foreboding. I was reminded of once killing a large copperhead on a jobsite in Maryland by cutting its head off with a shovel and then hanging the headless carcass on the OSHA safety billboard until days later the stench was enough to alert the straw boss, the important son of one of the owners. This time I put the snake outdoors without getting bit, though it did threaten to lunge at my leg. I was worried our dog would be curious and get bit and it occured to me I did not know where I had put the snake. I went outside and saw the fish line and pulled on it. The snake's head was covered with mud so that it could not see. I took the snake out back of our yard and hung it, alive, on a tree limb from the fish line so that it would eventually die. Importance of being able to tie knots is so that snakes do not get loose. I had to pick from several small limbs on different tress until I found one that I thought would be strong enough. I woke up with this phrase in my head, "It is not always about you." ][<