Black snake, black snake have you any wool. Wait. What?

In the dream i’m inside the Wappingers Falls NY house sleeping. I wake up in the night and i’m restless. It’s winter and there’s snow on the fallen leaves. I go outside and climb up a cloth ladder onto a sheet that has been stretch across branches of a large tree to form a kind of floor. I lay down and fall right to sleep. Something wakes me and i look down over the edge of the sheet-floor and see a very long black snake curled up at the base of my tree. It’s odd looking because its skin isn’t sleek and smooth like a snake is supposed to be. Its skin is kind of baggy and wrinkled, reminiscent of an elephants leg. Something. Anyways, i’m surprised at how big it is and wonder about it moving around in the cold but i’m not really afraid because i know black snakes are harmless. The snake begins to move with intent and i turn my head to look the other way and there’s an even BIGGER black snake coming from the direction of the house. The snakes moves towards each other at a fast speed and begin to ‘fight’. The fight doesn’t last long though and the smaller snake retreats to another tree. The large snake is now aware of me – it feels my warmth – and rears up until it’s head is all the way up even with mine in my tree. Now i’m afraid for some reason. I think because of the snakes awareness of me. I swing at its head with my fist to knock it down but in doing so, i cause the sheet-floor to loosen and sink close to the ground. Now both snakes are curious and crawling through the warmth of the sheet and i’m not so much afraid as ?disgusted? not sure. It was less than fear. Uneasiness? Disturbed? Just then dad came out of the house to get the newspaper. It’s morning now and i call to dad to tell him about the two snakes. He chases them away and tells me that he’ll help me put the sheet-floor back up later.