‘Be very careful, Susans, I have find an adder in the wheelbarrow.’
‘Nah, it’ll be a grass snake, Spiros.’
Stern glare. ‘Susans, don’t forget I am from Corfu.’
‘OK, it’s an adder.’
All God’s creatures are welcome here — but an adder? I was treated for my wasp allergy by Professor David Warrell, a world expert on venoms, snakes a speciality, and he says, ‘Never underestimate the humble adder.
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