MOTHER NATURE AND NATURE APRIL FOOL

Mother called me this morning, not to ask about the storm, she didn't know. She called to tell me her April Fool! She got up to go to the bathroom about 7 am. Dad told her to her to go on first and he'd be right behind her. They have a one bath home. Mom went into the bath room and thought she saw a long black ribbon. She thought "where did that come from?", I don't have any black ribbons. She didn't have her glasses on and thought maybe it was something I had left. I had just spent the week-end. She walked over to the "ribbon" and it moved!! She yelled out to dad there was a snake in the bathroom, but he wears hearing aids and didn't have them in and didn't hear a words that came out of her mouth! She ran? Mom can't run, she scooted fast into the kitchen and got her meat cleaver! Came back and bent over and chopped the snake in two! Dad was making his way down the hall and coming into the bathroom when he ask her what was she doing? She yelled "Choppin a Snake" he said well hurry up, I'm gonna wet my pajamas! She kept trying to chop the wiggly snake, now two wiggling snakes! They couldn't see just where it's head was from it's tail! Daddy said, "no need to just keep chopin, he's gonna bite you if ya don't get back." She called my brother to come and see the snake and tell them what kind it was. He thought it was an April Fool joke and told her he'd be down later. She said "No, you won't, you get down her right now! He knew then she was not joking. She said,"you can't wait too long dad has wet his pajamas and I think I soiled my gown, we need you to get the snake out of the bathroom PDQ!" What a day this has been! April Tornado, to April Snakes in the bathroom! One April 1,1950 something- when I was a teen ager,we had no clothes dryer, I had to go out to the clothes line to get me some clean under panties. I brought in the whole line of clothes for mama and laid them on her bed. I flipped through the pile and was getting out my panties when I saw something black in the crotch of them!! It was a big black and yellow bumblebee!! I screamed and through them all away across the room! Mama thought I had gone crazy and wanted to know if this was a joke! I said, "No joke unless you put that bee in my panties"!! She laughed and to this day thinks it was funny. I've heard of a bee in your bonnet but not ever one in your bloomers! The funny thing would have been if I had put them on and gotten stung! Wouldn't the doctor have a laugh!!