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Title: Python Panic at Pete’s Pets!

Harry was here to sign copies of his new
book, ‘Snake Keeping for Beginners’.

Python facts:
Harry King facts:  from Asia or Africa

 son of a zookeeper  are not poisonous
 helped father in zoo from a  kill by squeezing their prey
young age  swallow their prey whole
 been TV presenter for animal  can grow up to 6 metres long
programmes for 10 years  don’t attack people unless
 has a collection of snakes threatened.
 favourite pet is a python
called Jimmy.
I’m Sara Hill. I was the first to see the

snake – it was huge and slithering
between the boxes of bird food!

I’m Mr Granger. I hate snakes! I screamed when I
heard a snake was loose. I think that started the
panic, so I’m very sorry about that.

 Harry found Jimmy’s box empty
Pete’s Pets Incident Report: and told Pete his pet was
What happened: A python escaped missing.

from its box and was loose in the  Harry said Jimmy was harmless
store. People started to panic but I but some people panicked.
told everyone to stay calm while staff
looked for the snake. Pam was great. She kept the customers
Raj, our vet, found the snake by the calm while I went to look for Jimmy the
check out and took it back to Harry. python. I found him by the checkout and
No one was hurt in the incident. took him back to Harry. What was all
th
Signed: Pam Harris 24 July the fuss about?

 Everyone cheered when Jimmy was found.
 Harry thanked Raj and Pam for their help.

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