The Guessing Game

Daddy: "Guess which wild animal showed up on our back porch today?"
Mommy: "Raccoon?"
Daddy: "Nope."
Mommy: "Bigger or smaller than a raccoon?"
Daddy: "Smaller."
Mommy: "Mammal or insect?"
Daddy: "Neither."
Mommy: "Neither? Reptile?"
Daddy: "Yep."
Mommy: "Snake?"
Daddy: "Yep."
Mommy: "Garter snake?"
Daddy: "Ding ding ding!"
Mommy: "Just a garter snake? Not a bull snake or anything nasty?"
Daddy: "Just a garter snake."
Mommy: "Well, that's okay. They're helpful. They eat insects."

That wasn't the response I expected from my darling wife, but then again, she grew up on a farm. I'm not sure how the snake wound up on our porch, but I'm willing to bet Abbie was involved. The thing was curled into a ball and looked dead when I found it, but it slithered away when I threw it back outside. And, yes, the kids were very interested to see it.