On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:53:36 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:


"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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OK, OK. They could look so much like rattlers that we called 'em that.
For a long time I thought there were two different snakes, and I never
saw a live one for long. They were deadly and we knew it, making
tracks upon the first sighting, frog gigs in hand. We were smart
enough not to try to catch or kill one at 10 age. (us, not them)

Don't feel bad. When I was in sixth grade, living in the sticks in Maryland,
I caught a little "corn snake" I found under a rotted log and brought him to

"Took" it to class.


science class in a pickle jar. My science teacher saw him, turned white (he
was already white; he turned whiter) and removed the snake and the jar
quickly from the classroom. 'Turned out it was a copperhead. d8-0

Oops. You got lucky, son.

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