message=message+" "
message=message.split("")
var x,y
var step=20
var flag=0
var xpos=new Array()
for (i=0;i<=message.length-1;i++) 
{
  xpos[i]=-50
}
var ypos=new Array()
for (i=0;i<=message.length-1;i++) 
{
  ypos[i]=-50
}

function handlerMM(e)
{
  x = (document.layers) ? e.pageX : document.body.scrollLeft+event.clientX
  y = (document.layers) ? e.pageY : document.body.scrollTop+event.clientY
  flag=1
}

function makesnake() 
{
  if (flag==1 && document.all) 
  {
    for (i=message.length-1; i>=1; i--) 
    {
      xpos[i]=xpos[i-1]+step
      ypos[i]=ypos[i-1]
    }
    xpos[0]=x+step
    ypos[0]=y
    for (i=0; i<message.length-1; i++) 
    {
      var thisspan = eval("document.all.span"+(i)+".style")
      thisspan.posLeft=xpos[i]
      thisspan.posTop=ypos[i]
    }
  }
  if (flag==1 && document.layers) 
  {
    for (i=message.length-1; i>=1; i--) 
    {
      xpos[i]=xpos[i-1]+step
      ypos[i]=ypos[i-1]
    }
    xpos[0]=x+step
    ypos[0]=y
    for (i=0; i<message.length-1; i++) 
    {
      var thisspan = eval("document.span"+i)
      thisspan.left=xpos[i]
      thisspan.top=ypos[i]
    }
  }
  var timer=setTimeout("makesnake()",10)
}

if (document.all || document.layers) 
{
  for (i=0;i<=message.length-1;i++) 
  {
    document.write("<span id='span"+i+"' class='spanstyle'>")
    document.write(message[i])
    document.write("</span>")
  }
}
if (document.layers)
{
  document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE);
}
if (document.all || document.layers) 
{
  document.onmousemove = handlerMM;
  window.onload=makesnake
}