Don't look now.... but there's a snake in the bed

At some ungodly hour last night Margaret and I were woken up by a scared little boy crawling into our bed. We asked him what was going on and he told us there was a snake in his bed. This has been the first time he has ever come into our bed since he got his own bedroom. He actually prefers to go to sleep in his own bed to ours. In the morning we asked him about the snake. He told us it was green with a red stripe and a snake mouth ( I was glad to hear it wasn't a mutant snake with a spider mouth ).

Matthew and I bravely went into his bedroom this morning and with him hanging back and stretching his neck I fully checked under the sheets and pillows. Then he went up on tip toes and looked at the top bunk, so I dutifully climbed onto the top bunk and checked it out for him. Then he bravely went onto his knees and checked under the bed. No snake was discovered and so we both agreed it must have been a dream. So with any luck we won't have a problem tonight.

of course, we didn't check the closet.........