am i just a memory your trying to forget?
my mom once made me read this when i was upset about someone backstabbing me a little while back....good story and makes plenty of sense...
thought id share....
A young girl was trudging along a mountain path, trying to reach her grandmother's house. It was bitter cold, and the wind cut like a knife. When she was within sight of her destination, she heard a rustle at her feet.
Looking down, she saw a snake. Before she could move, the snake spoke to her. He said. " I am about to die. It's to cold for me up here, and I am freezing. There is no food in these mountains, and I am starving. Please pu tme in your coat and take me with you."
"No," replied the girl. "i know your kind, you are a rattlesnake. If i pick you up, you will bite me, and your bite is poisonous."
"No, no," said the snake. "If you help me you will be my best friend. I will treat you differently."
The nieve little girl sat down on a rock for a moment to think things through. She looked at the beautiful markings on the snake and had to admit that he was the most beautiful snake she had ever seen. Suddenly, she said "I believe you, I will save you. All living things deserve to be treated with kindness."
The little girl reached over, put the snake gently under her coat, and proceeded towards her grandmother's house.
Within a moment, she felt a sharp pain in her side, the snake had bitten her.
"How could you do this to me?" she cried. "you promised you would not bite me, that you would not hurt me, and i trusted you."
"You knew what i was when you picked me up," hissed the snake, as he slithered away and left her alone, in the cold.
thought id share....
A young girl was trudging along a mountain path, trying to reach her grandmother's house. It was bitter cold, and the wind cut like a knife. When she was within sight of her destination, she heard a rustle at her feet.
Looking down, she saw a snake. Before she could move, the snake spoke to her. He said. " I am about to die. It's to cold for me up here, and I am freezing. There is no food in these mountains, and I am starving. Please pu tme in your coat and take me with you."
"No," replied the girl. "i know your kind, you are a rattlesnake. If i pick you up, you will bite me, and your bite is poisonous."
"No, no," said the snake. "If you help me you will be my best friend. I will treat you differently."
The nieve little girl sat down on a rock for a moment to think things through. She looked at the beautiful markings on the snake and had to admit that he was the most beautiful snake she had ever seen. Suddenly, she said "I believe you, I will save you. All living things deserve to be treated with kindness."
The little girl reached over, put the snake gently under her coat, and proceeded towards her grandmother's house.
Within a moment, she felt a sharp pain in her side, the snake had bitten her.
"How could you do this to me?" she cried. "you promised you would not bite me, that you would not hurt me, and i trusted you."
"You knew what i was when you picked me up," hissed the snake, as he slithered away and left her alone, in the cold.