I totally agree with everyone else, I would've been stoked to get a snake at 6. We got a bunch of everything else but I had to BEG my parents for one at 18. (not so much as beg as guilt trip them because they bought my younger sister a new car and I only had an old one, but psh, who needs a new car when you have the chance to get a snake?)
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