The Man And The Serpent

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Title:     The Man And The Serpent
Author: Henry Wallace Phillips [More Titles by Phillips]

A man, who had lived a beautiful purple life, went to sleep under a tree in the forest. Jove sent a huge serpent to destroy him. The man awakened as the reptile drew near.

"What a horrid sight!" he said. "But let us be thankful that the pink-and-green elephant and the feathered hippopotamus are not also in evidence."

And he took a dose of bromide and commended himself again to sleep, while the serpent withdrew in some confusion.

WHAT THIS PROVES TO A THINKING MIND:

Jove himself couldn't get a job as Sunday-School Superintendent on his reputation.

[The end]
Henry Wallace Phillips's short story: Man And The Serpent

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