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Rain Snake
Jul 24, 2007 | 6:37 AM PST
Tags: Rain , Snake

My Mother told me this story.....

She lived on a dairy farm when she was growing up, but they had crops too.  It had been very, very dry for quite some time.  Then one day it started to rain.  And it rained, and rained and rained.  They were all in the house, chilling out, and watching the rain.  All of a sudden her Dad jumped from his chair, OH, he exclaimed and then he ran out the door, into the rain.  Of course, all of the kids and his wife didn't have a clue why in the world would any normal person run out into the rain at full tilt like that.  After a few minutes, here he came trotting back, carrying a dead snake.  When questioned about what was going on he said that he had put the snake, belly up on the top of the shed, so it would rain, but had forgotten to take it down when the rain started.  Within a few minutes the rain subsided and they were able to go back outside. 

My grandfather believed that if he put that snake, belly up on the top of the shed, it would rain.  I don't know if thats true or not (I think, not) but it makes for a cute story.  I do believe, from my Mothers perspective,  everything she told me about how this happened that day was true, she wasn't accustomed to telling fibs.  I don't know if she believed in the rain snake or not,  I think it was an interesting set of circumstances.