10-24-2003, 05:11 AM
lol good one, you just reminded me of my first pet snake,
I was 5 and was watching the bigger kids out on our farm playing with a snake and about a week later I saw another snake pinned his head down just as you mentioned only I went biteless.
I picked him up just behind the head just the same way the other kids had done a week earlier, boy I was so proud as a peacock that I had caught my first snake. I ran in to the house with my pritty snake with its funny looking tung yelling mama look what I found, can I keep him. my mom said bring it in here so I can get a look at it.
I took it in and showed it to her and said, "look mama, its a snake!" she took one look at it and said David you take the stinky o'l snake out to the feild and throw it as far as you can, dont set it on the ground, I want you to throw it. then come back and see me cause I got something else for you.
so I did, I hurried on out to the feild in excitement of what the surprise was that could be waiting for me, it wasnt my birthday cause I one last winter. scooting right along I gave the snake a good throw, almost 15 feet, it was after all a big snake! and I was only 5.
excited about what the surpirse was I ran back in to the house to get my surprise. and boy did I get it, I got a sun burn where the sun dont shine....[
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I learned that day what a rattle snake was. also got me a doctors apointment to find out I was particaly deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other. that was probably why I could not hear the rattles.
but aside form the sore bum, on the way back from the doctors office mom stoped at the pet shop and bought me my first pet. for some reason I was drawn to a little white mouse with a pink nose and eyes.
how ironic ma would let a mouse in the house but not a snake.... lol
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I was 5 and was watching the bigger kids out on our farm playing with a snake and about a week later I saw another snake pinned his head down just as you mentioned only I went biteless.
I picked him up just behind the head just the same way the other kids had done a week earlier, boy I was so proud as a peacock that I had caught my first snake. I ran in to the house with my pritty snake with its funny looking tung yelling mama look what I found, can I keep him. my mom said bring it in here so I can get a look at it.
I took it in and showed it to her and said, "look mama, its a snake!" she took one look at it and said David you take the stinky o'l snake out to the feild and throw it as far as you can, dont set it on the ground, I want you to throw it. then come back and see me cause I got something else for you.
so I did, I hurried on out to the feild in excitement of what the surprise was that could be waiting for me, it wasnt my birthday cause I one last winter. scooting right along I gave the snake a good throw, almost 15 feet, it was after all a big snake! and I was only 5.
excited about what the surpirse was I ran back in to the house to get my surprise. and boy did I get it, I got a sun burn where the sun dont shine....[
] lol I learned that day what a rattle snake was. also got me a doctors apointment to find out I was particaly deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other. that was probably why I could not hear the rattles.
but aside form the sore bum, on the way back from the doctors office mom stoped at the pet shop and bought me my first pet. for some reason I was drawn to a little white mouse with a pink nose and eyes.
how ironic ma would let a mouse in the house but not a snake.... lol
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