Grandpa Richard's Kids

My 6 year old grand daughter loves critters.

They live in the country and she is always wanting a container to put her new “pet” into. Sometimes it is a frog or toad. Other times a mole or similar, or maybe a baby bird.

The other day she came across a potential pet that she decided not to try and keep. A 2 foot snake. (see photo)

The interesting thing is where she found the snake.

Under her bed, on the second floor of the house.

That evening, she did not want to go to bed. I just happened to be visiting, so I offered to go up with her. Well, the next thing I knew, I woke up (still on top of her bed) and stumbled downstairs to find out it was 3 am and my grand daughter was asleep on the smaller living room couch. Her uncle was asleep on the other couch.

I really bugged her in the morning about abandoning grandpa to fend for himself! She offered no defense.

And the snake? It was released back in to the wild, hopefully never to bother with a human house again.

(but if you remember Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, there was an incident with a snake, and it suggested that snakes travel in mated pairs!!! So where is this one’s mate?)