firsssSSSSTT ssssnake in decadesSSS

About three decades have gone by at our cottage without spotting one single snake, but about two weeks ago the story came to an end as I found this very young lady (she was just about as long as my hand) crawling among the grass. And miraculously enough, I didn´t kill her by stepping on her!! As I looked down, I found her twisting herself under my shoe (I could not see her among the grass), but luckily enough she survived.

 Since I was unsure on whether she was poisonous or not, I took her in a glass container and let her free some yards away, off our cottage. I felt so bad for her that I lacked the guts to kill her. Later on I found out that she seemed to be a Natrix natrix, which is not dangerous for humans (thanks goodness) but which can be about 2 meters long. This one, as I said, was esssssssssentially a baby ssssssssnakkke...