The Hissing Serpent

“No one likes me, why? A serpent

Went to the Lord, one day, to repent

And asked Him for a suggestion

To come out of this situation.

“Don’t bite any one,” said the Lord

And the serpent did so, as it was told.

The frogs started playing on its head.

Children took it by its tail and tossed.

The torture it faced was unbearable,

And its life became still more miserable.

“My Lord, your orders I obeyed,

But day by day it’s painful,” it cried.

“Not to bite, it’s true, I said

But not to “Hiss,” I never told.”

The Lord gave it this clue,

And went beyond the sky blue.

The serpent from that day,

“Hiss” it begins to say

To any trespasser on its way