Did the venomous cobra

on the South African flight not

spare the life of pilot

Rudolf Erasmus this year?

And what did its good behavior

for fifteen minutes in the cockpit

get him?  I’m waiting to hear.

Was its reward a photo in the news,

dinner, a comfy cage with others

in the local zoo, or….you know…

 

I’m soft hearted, and did not

even consider reading the

N.Y. Times story about how

to ethically kill a rat. Maybe

the answer was a ride outta

town, but I dared not risk finding

out.

A gorilla at the Washington

Zoo only borrowed my glove, not

my hand when I was three.

Bless hiim.

 

Accidents can occur, even by

me.  I almost killed my favorite

school principal by gifting him

a live black widow spider in

a jar on his desk.While  he was out.

He later told me the top had

come off  (strong spider or what?)

We must have become good friends,

’cause he didn’t get mad or die.