The Snake

(This should be read aloud.)

Petey was a snake, only so big. Petey lived in a pit with his

sisters and brothers and his mother. One day Petey was hissing

in the pit when his mother said, "Petey, don't hiss in the pit,

go outside the pit to hiss." So Petey went outside of the pit

to hiss.

Petey was hissing all around when he finally leaned over and

hissed in the pit. Petey's mother heard Petey hissing in the

pit and said, "Petey, if you must hiss in a pit, go over to

Mrs. Pott's pit and hiss in her pit. Petey went over to Mrs.

Pott's pit to hiss in her pit, but Mrs. Pott was not at home.

So Petey hissed in her pit anyway. While Petey was hissing in

Mrs. Pott's pit, Mrs. Pott came home. She found Petey hissing

in her pit. She said, "Petey, if you must hiss in a pit, don't

hiss in my pit; go to your own pit and hiss." This made Petey

very sad, and he cried all the way home.

When Petey got home, his mother saw him crying and said, "Petey,

what's the matter?" Petey said, "I went over to Mrs. Pott's to

hiss in her pit but Mrs. Pott was not at home, so I hissed in

her pit anyway. Mrs. Pott came home and found me hissing in her

pit and said, "Petey, if you must hiss in a pit go to your own

pit and hiss, don't hiss in my pit."

This made Petey's mother very angry. So, she said, "Why that

mean old lady! I knew Mrs. Pott when she didn't have a pit to

hiss in."

Reminds me of the story about the family of skunks which is so bad that I am surprised that Andrew hasn't posted it.

Mother skunk had two kits which she called In and Out. The problem was that they were never together in the same place. When In was in, Out was out and when In was out, Out was in.

On day Mother skunk wanted In but could not find him anywhere. So she said to Out, "Out go out and find In and tell him to come in".

Out went out and searched but could not find In at all. So he went home and told mother skunk. He said that he had looked in all the usual places but could not find him so came back to see if In had come back in.

Mother skunk told him to go and search again and after a little while Out returned this time bringing In in. Mother skunk said, "Out you are a clever little skunk, how did you find him"? To which Out replied .......

"In-stinct"!