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My seven year old walked out the back door the other night shortly after 9:00 p.m. and heard the little chicks peeping like "mad". The sounds were coming from the little shed where they were supposedly safe and locked up for the night. In the dark, she flung open the door to rescue the hen and chicks and set them free, and as she reached for them, she felt a SNAKE! Everyone came running, and finallly we had a lamp with an extension cord and a little bit of light. By this time she was almost HYSTERICAL and crying, so I ran to comfort her. I was so THANKFUL that she was o.k., but her only concern was for poor "RUNNER", the unfortunate little chick who was not able to escape the "devil" and who was at this point already half-devoured by him. My older daughter, was the hero who grabbed the shovel and kept the snake from escaping, and then my deart husband came and "finished him off", cutting him in two. My poor little girl was so glad that she had heard and had set the others free, but this was a traumatic experience for her, and she didn't sleep well after that. She was so afraid another snake would come and finish off the rest of her beloved chickies, but they are fine, "pecking away" outside my window this morning! 8 Be sober, be vigilent; because your adversay the DEVIL. as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom RESIST stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same AFFLICTIONS are accomplished in your brethern that are in the world. 10 But the God of all grace who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have SUFFERED A WHILE, make you perfect, stablish ,strengthen, settle you. 11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. |