hopepraylove

I started reading a daily meditation book that shares short stories/sayings/etc. and came across this one. I thought it was worth a share. Hope all is well with you all. xx:




A young girl walking along a mountain path to her grandmother's house heard a rustle at her feet. Looking down, she saw a snake, but before she could react, the snake spoke to her.

"I am about to die," he said. "It's too cold for me up here, and I am freezing. There is no food in these mountains, and I am starving. Please put me under your coat and take me with you."

"No," the girl replied. "I know your kind. You are a rattlesnake. And if I pick you up, you will bite me and your bite is poisonous."

"No, no," the snake said. "If you help me, you will be my best friend. I will treat you differently."

The young girl sat down on a rock for a moment to rest and think things over. She looked at the beautiful markings on the snake and she had to admit he was the most beautiful snake she had ever seen.

Suddenly, she said, "I believe you. I will save you. All living things deserve to be treated with kindness."

She then reached over, put the snake gently under her coat and continued toward her grandmother's house.

Within a moment, she felt a sharp pain in her side. The snake had bitten her!

"How could you do this to me?" she cried. "You promised that you would not bite me, and I trusted you!"

"You knew what I was when you picked me up," he hissed as he slithered away.

hope778

hopepraylove - That's enlightening every time I come across and read it. Thanks for bringing it to my attention again!

dandylion

hopepraylove.......

www.bing.com/search?q=youtube + al + green + lady + and + snake + song&FORM=EDGNNC

dandylion

hopepraylove....I tried to post a link for you but couldn't find one that would work (sigh)....
However....if you will google "al green youtube lady and snake".....you will find the song about the lady and the snake...sung in 1968 by Al Green...(it was done by some other people, also...I believe that Frank Sinatra did his version of it, also).......

Great Song!

Sunshine1234

Thank you for sharing this!!

JimC60

HPL,

I had heard or seen this before, but in that version, the snake waited until he was inside grandma's house to bite the girl.

Thanks for sharing, keep coming back!

Jim

dandylion

Jim...if you will go to google, and type in "al green girl and snake song"....you will hear the details of how she took him into the house, and. the details of how she cared for him...
It is a great song.....

JimC60

Thanks! I found it.
Jim

zoso77

Yeah, a helpful analogy for those willing to absorb a hard lesson.