GIRL'S ADVENTURE WITH SNAKE.
A girl in the south of Franc* h*a had one of the most thrilling make experiences ever recorded. Waking up from sleep in the garden, be found a riper nettling on her blouse, gently hnr-bing her 'face with ttc tail. What was she to do? The action of the viper i? swift and deadly if it is disturbed and feek it-elf threatened; but it. does
not become dangerous of its own accord. Knowing this the girl lay still, though terrified almost iuto insensibility. Then her mother, coming to look for her, saw ber danger in a moment, and. dinning to her to keep still, rushed into the hou«.e and brought back a bowl of warm milk, which she placed near the f.nafce. When the repile perceived the milk it glided away toward- it. and the girl sprang clear away as a blow ended the viper',- power to do mischief.
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXIII, 13 December 1920, Page 2
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