Have you ever seen a python through naked eyes? Where did you see it? In a zoo? You are just kidding those are just tamed pythons.You can just play with them without thinking about tomorrow whether you will be still alive and kicking or not.  I mean the real heavy and fierce reptile that could be 6 to 12 metres long or more . Also it can enjoy meal from small and larger animals such as baboon rabit or buffalo here is the story about it.

Once up on a time  in Janies farm in Nothern Zululand by the year  2000 came two   hunters from nearby village-Sea fishing and  Rwi .They were really excellent hunters as they could not come home  without any kill. They were not trapping the animals like other hunters . They enjoyed chasing them with their hunting dogs . For them,killing a big bird would be like nothing as they used to come with  different wild  animal bodies such as wild cats , chewable to some local cannibals who seemed to eat every breathing species ,impala,duiker, porcupines and many more.

That day  was like  a black Saturday  if there was something like that. They were heading back home with  absolutely nothing. All of a sudden one of their ibhansi[thats what we use to call a hunting dog in Zulu]  went behind a huge rock sniffing  then started to bark endlesly. They all rushed to see what it was seeing. Oh lord it was an enormous python. They had never seen a  python before though they used to boast they had hunted them many a times .They both ran backwards but they soon realized  it  was motionless as it was still digesting its prey.They started to throw stones at it. To kill a python used to be a sign of heroism among the Zulus so the chief/ king  would reward the hunter with a goat/ cow but not these days  where each and every cent counts and wildlife laws are too strict.  Someone may   pay a heafty fine or find himself wandering in  cells.

All of their eight dogs started to bark closer to it but keeping a distance incase something unexpected happened. The reptile was gulping any stone that was reaching its widely opened mouth that looked like an opened door  of a garage. Seeing death approaching the python tried effortlessly to move away from its heavily armed killers who were so scared  to come closer like their barking dogs. They were about to give up as it was not showing any sign of dying when  a shock took place . Suddenly it rose  up  like a colossus then all dogs and their owners retreated again  It did grasp by its toothless jaws one of the puppies wich had come closer , not knowing its limitations.Seeing his  tiny dog  languish in the mouth of that animal  with its legs still outside,Seafishing took two or three prestigious steps foward  being desparate for its rescue , forgotten about dying. He clubbed it hard with his molonsthisi [  a rod with a big bolt ] on its head it then released the puppy dumping it  onto  the ground..  It came out exhausted like a recently delivered infant hungry for air, being rushed to resuscitation table by a midwive. It finally got up, shook itself like a duck  coming out of a damm. That  fuelled Sea fishing who was seeing his moment of glory looming. He used his machete as well. But   its skin was closing as quickly as if he was just digging a whole in a sand dune.

It vommited one big female duiker and its infant.  It looked like they had been recently gulped as their carcasses looked fresh. It finally bit the dust. He went on beatng it like a drum until it gave up a ghost . His friend came back to see that astonishing scene. He did not know that Seafishing  could put his life on  line  ,just for a puppy. They carried it  home.Surprsingly  its body started to coil  again when they were crossing the river.They dropped the body  and jumped to the shore but Seafishing thought it could not come back to life so he went to it while floating down and hauled it .They resumed their journey. It did that each time they  crossed the river.

What happened next ? Did he gets his reward?  

Wait  for part two

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