RI Firefighters Save 18-Foot Snake in Burning Home

[Elmore Furth]

I think I've heard this song before.

On her way to work one morning
Down the path along side the lake
A tender hearted woman saw a poor half frozen snake
His pretty colored skin had been all frosted with the dew
"Oh well," she cried, "I'll take you in and I'll take care of you"
"Take me in oh tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in oh tender woman," sighed the snake

Now she clutched him to her bosom, "You're so beautiful," she cried
"But if I hadn't brought you in by now you might have died"
Now she stroked his pretty skin and then she kissed and held him tight
But instead of saying thanks, that snake gave her a vicious bite

"I saved you," cried that woman
"And you've bit me even, why?
You know your bite is poisonous and now I'm going to die"
"Oh shut up, silly woman," said the reptile with a grin
"You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in

http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/a/al_wilson/the_snake.html

RI Firefighters Save 18-Foot Snake in Burning HomeBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 5, 2010
10:28 a.m. ET

EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) — Firefighters often have to rescue people from burning homes, sometimes even a dog or cat.

But the 18-foot Bermese python that firefighters had to drag out of a burning Rhode Island home just after midnight Monday may have been a first.

Acting Chief Peter Henrikson tells The Providence Journal that it took two firefighters to carry out the python with a diameter like a "Frisbee" in the middle.

The home's sole occupant managed to escape on his own and brought out his two dogs and a cat.



RI Firefighters Save 18-Foot Snake in Burning Home

[Demoiselle]

1. Let's hear it for those firefighters!

Brave and sweet, too.

[joeybee12]

2. Thank God they lived in RI and not Tennessee...n/t

[InvisibleTouch]

3. I love it!

A tame Burmese python is a sweet, wonderful pet, as much a part of the family as any dog or cat. Nice to see that acknowledged every now and again!

[proteus_lives]

4. So the snaked coughed up the tax?