Life as SABS Surrogate Mother

Now to continue our surrogate patenting at the Boys' Dorm. After the cat experience we found an advert for Labrador puppies. I have always enjoyed having a dog as a pet, and Mel and I both decided we would like one now. Thus started the delightful saga of Candy. We went to view the puppies and Candy immediately captured our hearts.  When we got her home everybody fell in love with her.  As she grew older she loved to join the boys as they played football in the yard. One day, when she was still a youngish pup, I was washing the lunch dishes when I looked out the window and saw what I thought was a piece of thick rope, about two feet long. Candy was very interested in it and she circled to the front and to my horror the rope reared up and spread its hood—it was a spitting cobra.  I threw down my cloth and dashed out of the house yelling "SNAKE!!" I rushed over to Candy, picked her up bodily and carried her to the side of the house, just as shock took over, and I slumped against the wall. Mel rushed out with the only weapon he could lay his hands on, a broom of some sort, and took care of Mr. Cobra. Phew!! That was a very scary incident. The Lord took care of us and no one was hurt. I asked our boys to take the dead body to the woods across the road, and dispose of it.  Candy, a couple of days later, found its body and presented it to me in the yard—smelly.  So we sent the boys back with it telling them to bury it deep.