Idle Hours
““That’s a real pretty plaything you got there, honey,” he said gently. “How about I put it in a safe place for you?”
“No, it my pretty wibbon.”
Great. The kid thinks a poisonous snake is a hair ribbon.
The little one stared at him, oblivious to the fact her chubby fist held a copperhead just behind its jaws. Unless he came up with a plan, the little darling who generally rode her daddy’s shoulders into the bait shop on Saturday mornings, bunny in one hand and a hank of Will Bryan’s hair... in the other, would end up snakebit.
Think, Corbin. What was the name of that rabbit she always drug around with her? Ah!
“Hey, Samantha, where’s Mrs. Bunny?” The girl looked past him toward her mama’s van then pointed with the hand that held the snake. “She in the van,” she said as the length of the copperhead wove side to side, fangs bared.
Out of the corner of his eye he saw Samantha’s mama and another lady standing on the corner of the porch.MoreLess
“No, it my pretty wibbon.”
Great. The kid thinks a poisonous snake is a hair ribbon.
The little one stared at him, oblivious to the fact her chubby fist held a copperhead just behind its jaws. Unless he came up with a plan, the little darling who generally rode her daddy’s shoulders into the bait shop on Saturday mornings, bunny in one hand and a hank of Will Bryan’s hair... in the other, would end up snakebit.
Think, Corbin. What was the name of that rabbit she always drug around with her? Ah!
“Hey, Samantha, where’s Mrs. Bunny?” The girl looked past him toward her mama’s van then pointed with the hand that held the snake. “She in the van,” she said as the length of the copperhead wove side to side, fangs bared.
Out of the corner of his eye he saw Samantha’s mama and another lady standing on the corner of the porch.MoreLess
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