Huh...
"Oh... I see now. You were shedding your skin."
The young woman noticed the snake's beautiful stripes, a mix of several colors. Its tail, however, was wrapped in a double layer of Snake Skin; it clearly hadn't finished shedding its old skin.
"Little snake, did you fall asleep because you were tired from shedding?"
She knew shedding was an exhausting process for a snake. Since they had no hands or feet, they had to rub against other objects to peel off their skin.
This snake was so small. It must have been rubbing against something to shed its skin and fallen asleep from exhaustion.
"Hee hee, let me help you," she said, her eyes curving into crescents as bright as the most beautiful stars in the sky.
Her delicate hand grabbed the extra layer of skin on the little snake's tail, intending to tear it off.
But as simple as it seemed, she couldn't do it. No matter how much strength she used, the stubborn layer of Snake Skin wouldn't come off.
