My biggest fear

I'm not scared of snakes.
There are many things I am fear more.
However, this one scared me a bit.
My fear was that he would disappear.
That he would no longer be in the viewfinder.
Because I was really close to him.
And if he was not in the view...
Well he would have been on me.
It was all a chance meeting.
I was working on my truck.
I needed a tool in the other truck.
I walked across the driveway.
He was there right on the edge of the grass.
I RAN to grab a camera and macro lens.
When I came out he was gone.
I stood there for a few minutes waiting.
I saw him move about 10 feet away through the grass.
I knelt down on the wet grass.
Then I asked him to SMILE.
He called me animal crackers,
Stuck his tongue out, and slithered off.