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"
Oh
,
for
Pete
’
s
sake
!
I
already
had
rattlesnakes
and
water
moccasins
in
my
collection
.
A
poisonous
snake
is
not
dangerous
,
not
any
more
than
a
loaded
gun
is
dangerous
–
in
each
case
,
if
you
handle
it
properly
.
The
thing
that
made
that
coral
snake
dangerous
was
that
I
hadn
’
t
known
what
it
was
,
what
it
could
do
.
If
,
in
my
ignorance
,
I
had
handled
it
carelessly
,
it
would
have
killed
me
as
casually
and
as
innocently
as
a
kitten
scratches
.
And
that
’
s
what
I
’
m
trying
to
tell
you
about
Mike
.
He
seems
as
gentle
as
a
lamb
–
and
I
’
m
convinced
that
he
really
is
gentle
and
unreservedly
friendly
with
anyone
he
trusts
.
But
if
he
doesn
’
t
trust
you
–
well
,
he
’
s
not
what
he
seems
to
be
.
He
seems
like
an
ordinary
young
male
human
,
rather
underdeveloped
,
decidedly
clumsy
,
and
abysmally
ignorant
?
but
bright
and
very
docile
and
eager
to
learn
.
All
of
which
is
true
and
not
surprising
,
in
view
of
his
ancestry
and
his
strange
background
.
But
,
like
my
pet
snake
,
Mike
is
more
than
he
appears
to
be
.
If
Mike
does
not
trust
you
,
blindly
and
all
out
,
he
can
be
instantly
aggressive
and
much
more
deadly
than
that
coral
snake
.
Especially
if
he
thinks
you
are
harming
one
of
his
water
brothers
,
such
as
Jill
–
or
me
.
"
Harshaw
shook
his
head
sadly
.
"
Duke
,
if
you
had
given
way
to
your
natural
impulse
to
take
a
poke
at
me
,
a
few
minutes
ago
when
I
told
you
some
homely
truths
about
yourself
,
and
if
Mike
had
been
standing
in
that
doorway
behind
you
?
well
,
I
’
m
convinced
that
you
would
have
stood
no
chance
at
all
.
None
.
You
would
have
been
dead
before
you
knew
it
,
much
too
quickly
for
me
to
stop
him
.
Mike
would
then
have
been
sorrowfully
apologetic
over
having
‘
wasted
food
’
–
namely
your
big
,
beefy
carcass
.
Oh
,
he
would
feel
guilty
about
that
;
you
heard
him
a
while
ago
.
But
he
wouldn
’
t
feel
guilty
about
killing
you
;
that
would
just
be
a
necessity
you
had
forced
on
him
?
and
not
a
matter
of
any
great
importance
anyhow
,
even
to
you
.
You
see
,
Mike
believes
that
your
soul
is
immortal
.
"
"
Huh
?
Well
,
hell
,
so
do
I
.
But
-
"
"
Do
you
?
"
Jubal
said
bleakly
.
"
I
wonder
.
"
"
Why
,
certainly
I
do
!
Oh
,
I
admit
I
don
’
t
go
to
church
much
,
but
I
was
brought
up
right
.
I
’
m
no
infidel
.
I
’
ve
got
faith
.
"
"
Good
.
Though
I
’
ve
never
been
able
to
understand
‘
faith
’
myself
,
nor
to
see
how
a
just
God
could
expect
his
creatures
to
pick
the
one
true
religion
out
of
an
infinitude
of
false
ones
–
by
faith
alone
.
It
strikes
me
as
a
sloppy
way
to
run
an
organization
,
whether
a
universe
or
a
smaller
one
.
However
,
since
you
do
have
faith
and
it
includes
belief
in
your
own
immortality
,
we
need
not
trouble
further
over
the
probability
that
your
prejudices
will
result
in
your
early
demise
.
Do
you
want
to
be
cremated
or
buried
?
"
"
Huh
?
Oh
,
for
cripe
’
s
sake
,
Jubal
,
quit
trying
to
get
my
goat
.
"
"
Not
at
all
.
I
can
’
t
guarantee
to
get
you
off
my
place
safely
as
long
as
you
persist
in
thinking
that
a
coral
snake
is
a
harmless
scarlet
snake
–
any
blunder
you
make
may
be
your
last
.
But
I
promise
you
I
won
’
t
let
Mike
eat
you
.
"
Duke
’
s
mouth
dropped
open
.
