Baby snake spotted in front of my house

It was 23 June 2009. The time was evening 7 :30pm, I was about to enter my house through the front gate, immediately I saw a creature just in front of the gate. Yes it was a baby snake.

Recently I had encounters with earthworms, leeches, centipedes etc etc. Some of them I have mistaken to be a snake. Incidentally I saw an insect the previous Saturday and I thought it to be a snake. I touched it with a small stick, it moved in such a way that, it made me feel, boy is this a snake.

When my father saw it, he just laughed at me saying its a earthworm or any other insect but not a snake. After all snake babies tend to grow a little bigger.
But this very day, what I saw was a real snake baby. I was about 20 cms away from stepping on to it. I realized immediately and backed off another 30 cms. But still I was very close. I could clearly see its raised hood. I think and I hope its a rat snake. I was surprised to see the baby snake take its stance even after seeing me. It did not move an inch. I wanted to show the same to my parents. I called them from outside.

But they did not hear, moreover I did not want to call neighbors instead and also there are some pathetic (loser) assholes who tend to throw stones, infact stone slabs on snakes as soon as they spot one of them. Yes there are such morons near my place. Both educated and uneducated losers, who do not have basic sense.

So I moved towards the gate, trying to make sound using the knob of the gate so that my parents come out. I knew the snake cant hear sounds and only can sense vibrations.
As I made cranking sounds with the gate knob, the snake tried to move into the bushes. And recollect the snake moves very fast, but this one was hesitant to go, it was almost saying, " dont go public , you better fuck off ". But somehow I had to make the snake go back to bushes, since my brother or anyone can step on to it. I would not like this to happen, nor those morons to spot one of them. So I was quite happy to see it back to bushes.

One thing I am still scared is that it still moves around one of those bushes close to my gate. And recently my small cousins 5-10 yrs age, were playing around the same bushes with their cricket ball. The ball went into the bushes and we managed to get it. But my mother and aunt were consistently scolding to forget the ball, since there could be such creatures, I infact ignored the call and ventured into the partenium filled empty site and got the ball. May be I survived to see just another day.

Learnings:
Take your parents or elders advice seriously.
Do not try to be a HERO, unless its in front of the camera.
Respect Snakes.

PS:: If it was an adult snake and if it had given me a surprise, I even may have pissed in my pants, who knows .