There is a reason I'm posting it. Let's just say it reminds me of my own foolishness...
It's a A Cherokee Legend
The little girl was walking down a path and she came across a rattlesnake. The rattlesnake was getting old. He asked, "Please little girl, can you take me to the top of the mountain? I hope to see the sunset one last time before I die." The little girl answered "No Mr. Rattlesnake. If I pick you up, you'll bite me and I'll die." The rattlesnake said, "No, I promise. I won't bite you. Just please take me up to the mountain." The little girl thought about it and finally picked up that rattlesnake and took it close to her chest and carried it up to the top of the mountain.
They sat there and watched the sunset together. It was so beautiful. Then after sunset the rattlesnake turned to the little girl and asked, "Can I go home now? I am tired, and I am old." The little girl picked up the rattlesnake and again took it to her chest and held it tightly and safely. She came all the way down the mountain holding the snake carefully and took it to her home to give him some food and a place to sleep. The next day the rattlesnake turned to the girl and asked, "Please little girl, will you take me back to my home now? It is time for me to leave this world, and I would like to be at my home now." The little girl felt she had been safe all this time and the snake had kept his word, so she would take it home as asked.
She carefully picked up the snake, took it close to her chest, and carried him back to the woods, to his home to die. Just before she laid the rattlesnake down, the rattlesnake turned and bit her in the chest. The little girl cried out and threw the snake upon the ground. "Mr. Snake, why did you do that? Now I will surely die!" The rattlesnake looked up at her and grinned, "You knew what I was when you picked me up."
 zombie prom queen · Wed Apr 16, 2008 @ 08:01pm · 0 Comments |
