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Have you ever heard of a snare? It's a trap that hunters sometimes use to catch small game in the forest. The way they set it is to make a loop out of wire, or string, and put this loop low to the ground on a path that small animals might take to the creek, or to a place where there are berries to eat. Then they tie another string onto the loop, and run the string to a tree branch that will spring up if something is caught in the loop. Father taught us not to walk down the paths all the other small animals take for just this reason -- hunters set snares on these paths.
Well I forgot. And one night on my way back from putting the chicken in front of the foxes den, I ran right into a snare. As soon as I realized it I leapt as fast as I could, hoping I would make it through the loop before it closed. I didn't make it, and the loop closed on my back foot, the tree limb sprang into the air, and I found myself hanging upside down in the air. I was toast. In the morning the hunter would surely get me.
But just then I looked up and low and behold, on the branch right next to me was my friend Pogo the Possum. She was hanging upside down with her tail wrapped around the branch. "Hi" she said, " I see you've decided to hang upside down like I do. Fun isn't it?” "It may be for you", I said, " but I'd rather be on the ground. I can't with this string holding me up. Will you please help me down?” "But I like having you here like this" she said, "if I help you down, when I talk to you you will be upside down. This way when I talk to you you are right side up.”
Pogo isn't the brightest star in the sky, but she had a good point. So I told her if she agreed to help me down, I would talk to her for a while. Actually, the conversation was quite enjoyable, and we lost track of time. But all of a sudden I could hear the hunters coming down the path, and I thought it was too late. It would take too long for her to help me down. But I forgot something. Possum have more teeth than any other animal. Most have from 20-30 teeth. Possums have 50 teeth.
It took Pogo one quick bite and grind to break the string and I was on the ground running. When I looked around Pogo said, "You'll have to get snared again sometime, I enjoyed that!"
I don't think so Pogo.
Keep your chin up!
Robert P.Rabbit