Reminds me of a story....(segue dream sequence)

I was coming home from school one day, many, many, many years ago. As I was crossing a footbridge over a creek I found a baby Garter. So I picked him up and took him home. I knew both of my parents hated snakes and there was no way they'd let me keep it. However, I figured if I found just the right moment to ask, followed by a show and tell demonstrating how unassuming this little fella was, they'd change their mind.

So, I didn't have a place to hide this poor snake, and the best I could find was a wicker clothes hamper. In he went.

Later that day, I went back to retrieve him and......OH NO! He's gone! Oh boy am I in trouble! So I foolishly told my older sister what had happened. She immediately went to my parents and spilled the beans. Man did I get it!

I tore through the house (on the command of my father), looking for a tiny snake. Couldn't find him anywhere.

Several days later I was in the basement where the scene of the crime happend. Low and behold the snake was sunning himself on the floor in a beam of light coming through a window. Right under the ping pong table, not 3 feet from the hamper. Hurray!! Now Mom and Dad can sleep in peace again and maybe I won't be in Purgatory any more!

Thus ends just one of many childhood adventures.

Oh, and I had to let the snake go.

Lump