The snake’s main lobbyist at the Capitol was Gentry Heiple, a then-seventh grader from Carterville Junior High School in southern Illinois, who proposed the idea to his local state representative.

A red-bellied black snake has taken up residence in a family's front gate. Mick and Adele go from under a family pool to the rafters of a horse stable. A simple catch goes horribly wrong for Olivia.

An alliance is broken when head games are played and a Snake tries to keep their story straight.