this snake , eight feet long at death , was dangerous when cornered by the boys returning from an open air film show : a short by the moody institute , usually about flowers opening , or one by shell , either spraying locusts or stirling moss winning the mille miglia or le mans in a jaguar , followed by some cowpoke movie which was always spoilt by the film burning when stink bugs gunged up the projectors cogs at precisely the point where the good guy or bad guy was about to draw .