(Because there really had been a copperhead in the basement last week.)

Girl: "There's something on the floor."

Me: "What?"

Girl: "There's something on the floor and it's black. It looks like a snake."

Me: "Where? Did you put the iron away?"

Girl: "Yes. Downstairs, it looks like a snake on the floor."

[I get up and walk down the stairs to look at the living room floor.]

Girl: "It's freaking me out."

Me, looking at the snakelike object: "That's a belt."

Girl: "Oh."

[We both laugh.]