But the frightened mother quickly discovered that things were not as they seemed. Catherine was appalled by the act of violence at first,
But her fear changed when she saw what was creeping across the yard in front of Khan. Unfortunately, a loud shriek followed that insight, and Catherine realized.
She was dealing with a different type of emergency than she had first thought. Catherine said, “Khan screamed like he had been stabbed, and Charlotte looked pretty shocked.”
“I discovered that before he threw her, he had been attempting to separate her from the snake.” Nor was it just any snake. Khan had seen a king brown snake –
The world’s third most deadly — and it was only inches away from the oblivious youngster. Khan, however, made the quick decision to stand between Charlotte and the lethal snake.
