ADVENTURE WITH SNAKE
. — 7 —♦ I GIRL'S KEILVRKAIITiE PRESENCE OP MIND. A girl in ihe south <){ Prance lias had ono oi' tho most hhrillin? snnke experiences over recorded. Waking up from sleep in the garden, she found a. viper nastiinff 011 her blouse, gontly brushing her face with its tail.-' What was slto tio do The action of the viper, is swift and deadly if it, is disturbed and feels itself threatened; but* it does not boconn* dangerous •of its own accord. Knowing this, tho girl lay still, though terrified almost into insensibility. Then her mother, coming to look for her, saw her danger in a moment, and, signing to her to keep still, rushed into the IIOIIRO and brought back" a howl of warm milk, which she placed near the snnke. When tho reptile perceived tho milk it elided away towards it, and the girl sprang clear away as a. blow ended the ! viper's power to db mischief.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 36, 6 November 1920, Page 7
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158ADVENTURE WITH SNAKE Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 36, 6 November 1920, Page 7
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