When I was a kid, growing up in New York, I was smitten by snakes, the same way most kids are smitten by tops, marbles, cars, trains, cricket balls.
Pe când eram copil, crescând în New York, eram fascinat de șerpi, așa cum majoritatea copiilor sunt fascinați de titirezi, bile, mașinuțe, trenulețe, mingi de crichet.