I found myself walking to a class with one of my former professors, a man in his late thirties or early forties. He was explaining that his class was being held in a large auditorium and that he was having some trouble with snakes in the room. We reached the building and I stood in the background while he opened the side door to see if the snakes were still there. At first nothing happened, but gradually snakes began appearing in increasing size and number. The next thing I remember, I was jumping from one table to another trying to escape snakes of all sizes, a good many of them very large. They were coming very close but apparently never reached me as I awakened with no particular feeling of anxiety. The only question left in my mind was how I got away. Interpretation The stimulation for dreaming of snakes may have come from a discussion the afternoon prior to the dream, in a C-- P--class. We were talking about establishing fear responses toward rats and. snakes. I have had a terrible fear of snakes ever since I read Ripling's story of the Cobra, prior to entering Junior High. I also listened to a friend describe South American snakes (last fall) and had all kinds of horrible visions of Boa Constrictors attacking travelers, etc. This is the only logical interpretation of this dream that I know of. Answers to questions 2. Afraid, excited, and very worried as to how I would escape.3. Actual participant4. Unpleasant5. Part of the campus of the C-- of W--6. No7. No