Why You Shouldn't Throw a Snake at Your Mother

"It was common knowledge that the woods behind my house in Milfordwere teeming with the most venomous of vipers. MonstrousCopperheads lurked behind every rock. Hideous Water Moccasinsslithered through every creek. Big snakes. Poisonous snakes. All bandedtogether in an insidious reptilian conspiracy, dedicated to theelimination of ten-year-old boys from the face of the earth."

Connecticut, 1952. Sch...