River At Night

When we were kids my brother and I, we loved to go tothe river. We hadn't learned to swim yet and we always went to a place that was shallow. This place we called the ford, since that was where we crossed the river in the wagon. This is also the place in another story and just above where Mill Branch runs into the river. My mom didn't have to worry about us getting in deep water. Sometimes at night, during the summer we would go down there and get our bath. By this time we had a car, and we would park close to the water and leave the light on for a while. Well this was fun too! We really enjoyed it on hot nights. My sister was small at this time, maybe a year old. But she got her bath too! But one night we were out there playing and soaping up, washing our hair. The car light were on and we could see pretty good. Then we saw a snake come slithering down the river. Two little kids got out of the water in a hurry. Our head were still soapy and my mom had a tough time getting us back in the water to rinse off. And for a long time we wouldn't go back to the river at night. But eventually we did.
Then one day..