Walking on Wednesdays - Walking Up To A Snake
the Old Indian Once upon a time , a woman was picking up firewood. She came upon a poisonous snake frozen in the snow. She took the snake home and nursed it back to health. One day the snake bit her on the cheek. As she lay dying , she asked the snake, "Why have you done this to me?" And the snake answered, "Look, bitch, you knew I was a snake." ~ Old Indian from Natural Born Killers One thing we were afraid of when we moved here to North Carolina was the snakes. There are poisonous snakes here, like Copperheads ! Copperhead photo courtesy of The Biology Department at Davidson And lo and behold, within the first few weeks we were here, this big old black snake slithered on the patio. We remembered that quote from Natural Born Killers ... Not knowing what is was, hubby 'took care of it' with a shovel . Black Rat Snake photo courtesy of The Bio...