THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, June 23, 1996                 TAG: 9606230061
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
                                            LENGTH:   15 lines

SNAKE IN THE GRASS

The Virginian-Pilot

Kris Vandevoort, 4, left, and Tara Boyd, 10, right, both of Cherry

Point, N.C., touch the tail of an 18-foot-long reticulated python in

Kill Devil Hills. Pet shop owner B.J. Sharp had his 8-year-old pet

``Worm'' out in the grass in front of his shop Friday afternoon.

``It's a good attention getter,'' Sharp said. by CNB