A Passage From The Book of Meg

    And there were in those days riders of the desert.  In the heat of the day the riders took counsel with each other, and said one to another, “Come, let us take our horses on a trail ride.”  And they went up from the barn and each took for herself a horse of her liking.  Among the riders was the one they call Meg.  And Meg, being of like mind and (recently) sound body, said to the desert riders, “I am of like mind and (recently) sound body.  I will accompany you on the trail ride.”  And she caused her horse to be saddled and bridled, and rode out with the other desert riders in the heat of the day.

   And it came to pass, as the horses walked along the sandy trail that Meg’s horse lagged behind the other two.  Suddenly a great serpent slithered across the path directly in front of Meg’s horse.  Meg saw the serpent and gasped, and cried out in a loud voice, “Holy Crap!”  And her mind was filled with the image of her horse, in fearful reaction of the snake, unseating her and causing her collarbone to unmend itself, and she was sore afraid.  But an angel of the Lord came, and caused the eyes of the horse to be closed.  And the horse, unseeing and unafraid, remained calm, and unreactive to the serpent that lay in his path.  And lo, the serpent continued on it’s steadfast way, and it was unaware of the rucus it had caused.  The riders of the desert took counsel once more, and determined together that the serpent had exceeded three cubits in length.  And they were amazed at what they had seen. 

      -from The Book of Meg, Chapter 24

(True story, and I’m pretty sure it was a bull snake, about four feet long.  Pretty cool!  No angels were seen during the event).