Vowell Voices

Vowell Voices
Snakes and More Snakes

Who remembers the summer we were at the Fireman's Club--no barge. It had been taken away. We children were down on the boat ramp but we couldn't go in yet. (We always had to wait for an adult to come down when the Seghers were with us--but we dutifully waited because we didn't want any cousins left behind.) Some of were wading a little, maybe up to our ankles. Suddenly somebody yelled, "SNAKE!" Of course those of us with our feet in the water hightailed it out. More of the cousins were to the side of the boat ramp looking at the water. Sure enough, a little black snake-looking head popped out--several times. We were not going to go in the water there at all. When some of the adults got there to see what the commotion was about, Charles told us all not to worry because the snake was as scared, if not more so, as we were. So we got over our fears and spent the time playing in the water--swimming, skiing, etc.