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Agnes’s heart raced as she walked through the field, the warm breeze brushing against her skin. The baby’s laughter echoed in the air as she gently rocked the basket in her arms.

Suddenly, her grip faltered, and the basket slipped from her hands. Agnes’s eyes widened in horror as a monstrous python appeared out of nowhere, its massive coils wrapping around the basket and her precious child.

“Maximus!!” Agnes’s scream tore through the air, a mixture of fear and desperation in her voice.

The python’s grip tightened, and Agnes felt a surge of panic. She tried to reach for her baby, but the snake’s coils were too strong, constricting around the basket as if in a vice.

“No! Let him go!” Agnes’s voice trembled as tears welled up in her eyes. She struggled against the python’s hold, her heart pounding in her chest.

And then, as quickly as it had appeared, the python and the basket vanished, leaving Agnes standing alone in the field, her breath ragged and her eyes wide with terror.

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