Snake

On the way back to the house after picking some oranges, Barb noticed a snake skin on the grass.  It was very long and very cool.  However, Barb didn't realize that if there is a snake skin on the lawn there must be a snake living around somewhere.  A couple of days later, I was getting dressed in the bedroom and I saw our neighbour with a shovel chasing a big 4 foot long black snake.  The snake got away by climbing up the trellis and into our patio roof.  I told Barb about it and she was freaked out.  Later when I was coming home from softball, Gerry was outside and he came over to whisper to me that he found and chased a big snake and two little baby snakes up into our roof.  He said that you really shouldn't kill black snakes because they are good at killing mice.  But he said he didn't want to tell Barb because he knows how women don't like snakes.