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August 05, 2021 - 5
THE RAINBOW AND
THE OPOSSUM
By Kathleen Perry
When we see a rainbow
in the sky we immediately
remember that was a sign
from above that the rain
would stop and that man-
kind would never again be
destroyed by a flood, as
in Noah’s day. Lately we
haven’t been seeing too
many rainbows. And some
of us are getting antsy.
After continuously watch-
ing the weather bulletins
and warnings Saturday
night on tv, it was begin-
ning to get to me. But God
works in mysterious ways,
His wonders to perform.
At about three o’clock in
the morning as I was look-
ing out the kitchen Window
to check the weather I saw
one of the biggest opos-
sums I have ever seen!
The rain had stopped and
the possum was digging
around in the garden and
finding something to eat.
Mercy sakes! I reasoned
that the rain must indeed be
over if animals were com-
ing out like that! As a child I
always knew that when the
chickens came out to look
for food, the rain was over.
Always has been true.
I relaxed considerably,
stopped worrying and went
to bed. It wasn’t a rain-
bow. . But Hey! Who’s go-
ing to argue with a possum?
The next day, Sunday,
as I was doing some of the
chores around the house,
suddenly the living room
and kitchen seemed to
light up! I laughed when I
realized it was something
I hadn’t seen in days. The
sun had come out! It was as
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OVER THE HILL
if someone had flipped on
a switch and said “Light!”
Kim, my daughter who
lives in Virginia and has
had almost as much rain
as we’ve had, said the same
thing happened there. Her
dog was so excited to see
the sunshine that she went
to the door and barked and
barked! Smart dog! I felt
like barking too!
Animals are so smart,
and if we’d take lessons
from them, we would all
get along so much better.
Our family has long been a
pack of animal lovers, hav-
ing everything from dogs
and hamsters and rabbits
to squirrels and terrapins
and fawns. And everything
in between.
My favorites have been
the baby deer that we’ve
helped to get back on their
feet and then released back
into our local woods and
hillsides. It always is good
to have a sense of humor
when dealing with animals.
Thus the names we gave
our deer....Willie and Nel-
lie; Half Pint, Mary and Al-
bert. And of course...Bam-
bi. Our two better known
ones....Jake and Smoky
were really tame and friend-
ly with everyone. They
loved to beg and receive
Reeces’s Cups, apples and
bananas or anything sweet
Coming in a close second
to the beautiful little fawns
have been the Cocker Span-
iel and Chihuahua dogs
that we had for years. Talk
about smart dogs! But the
strangest and possibly most
loved and intelligent ani-
mal we had was a tiny little
newborn white pig named
Arnold. I believe since we
raised him with a little chi-
huahua dog....he actually
thought HE was a dog too!
Over the years our fam-
ily has accumulated many
good stories to tell about
our animals we’ve had. I
am convinced that they
understood English. They
just couldn’t speak it (We
even had a donkey named
Roscoe, but if his speak-
ing would be anything like
his actions, I don’t think
anyone would want to hear
What he’d say!)
We loved all these crit-
ters and if they could talk
like we do, they would tell
us more than when the rain
had stopped, or how happy
they were when the sun
came out!
Do you have animals that
you love? Do you wish they
could speak English too?
Or are you content with
an occasional “Arf! Arfl”,
“Meow! Meowl”, or “Oink!
Oink”?
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is it?
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