Eye-catching illustrations and a rhyming narrative engage young readers in the story of Sam, the mischievous new kid who takes advantage of his teacher's fear of snakes by planting one in her desk drawer. When Miss Violett finds the snake she goes into a panic, climbing bookcases and jumping on desks. The teacher doesn't care if the small green snake is harmless, she's terrified of any kind of snakeeven fluffy ones, soft ones, and purple ones with spots. When Sam is sent to the principal's office for wreaking such havoc in the classroom, he doesn't quite learn his lessoninstead, he gets an idea for his next prank.