The high temperature was making the giant python extremely uncomfortable. It thrashed its tail agitatedly, flinging the snake carcasses in the floodwater into the air. Evelyn Ford held her breath and watched. Seeing it gape its mouth and flick its forked black tongue, she suspected it was suffering from heatstroke.
In the intense heat, the floodwaters had begun to warm. That was why the python had burst from the water, looking for a new place to rest. But the scorching hot surface of the building made it impossible for it to advance. Seeing it swimming about, occasionally slapping the water's surface with its tail, Evelyn Ford thought of a way to deal with it.
