The point is, I knew when to run away from snakes. I jumped up and ran as fast as I could, my braids coming undone and the sash of my dress falling off, until I was somewhere safe. Immediately, instinct took over, not fear but self-preservation. Sure enough, when I found it, there was a big, ugly snake, ready to strike to protect its young. So I picked it up with a stick and went looking for the nest. One day, when I was playing in the woods, I found a little green snake and I thought, Where did that one come from? I was sure the baby had gotten separated from its mother. I’m afraid of them now, but I wasn’t when I was a child. I tussled with animals-horses, mules, even snakes. I’d swing over a creek in the backwoods of Nutbush, Tennessee, the place where I grew up, never thinking for a second what might happen if I fell into that swampy water.
When I was a little girl, I loved taking chances.
My Love Story PROLOGUE BETWEEN YOU AND ME
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