[The kids love this, their delight echoing down the soggy streets and Cal can't help but smile along with them. It feels good to be happy and kids' laughter is contagious.
He's progressed to lifting out what is i side the basket, which just so happens to be a rope. With the lid gently set aside, he manipulates the rope to sway and wiggle with a simulated reptilian grace. A snake-charmer wouldn't be an ill-fitting description.
Ah, but then the naysayer arrives and Cal sighs, slowly lowering the rope reptile back in the basket.]
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He's progressed to lifting out what is i side the basket, which just so happens to be a rope. With the lid gently set aside, he manipulates the rope to sway and wiggle with a simulated reptilian grace. A snake-charmer wouldn't be an ill-fitting description.
Ah, but then the naysayer arrives and Cal sighs, slowly lowering the rope reptile back in the basket.]
Hey, that's not fair. At worst, they shriek.
[He is absolutely sidestepping the attack.]