Hiss-tory Snakes

While they are in residence in the House of the Serpents travellers invariably  stop to reflect and make all sorts of Hiss-tory snakes to record their journey in Lemuria or to prepare to write their autobiographies. It does help if you sip from the waters of Mnemosyne, whose name means memory, before beginning.

Make a hiss-tory snake, like those shown here, by drawing a serpent and filling it’s scales with small scales that record your life. Mark things such as your first kiss, the day a precious pet died, the time you fell off your bike an grazed your knees. You may even use tiles to project the future.

When you have finished choose a section of your snake, draw your hand on a page and write five more things about that memory. Then write a longer piece that will tell a stranger more about what you remember.

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