noon
Just as I was beginning to think I 'd have to take that to the Lord in prayer , I got my chance by accident . May and Candace were forever going snake hunting . You would think any one with common sense would leave them alone and be glad of the chance , but no indeed ! They went nearly every day as soon as the noon work was finished , and stayed until time to get supper . They did have heaps of fun and wild excitement . May was gentle , and tender with everything else on earth ; so I ` spose she had a right to bruise the serpent with her heel -- really she used sticks and stones -- if she wanted to . I asked her how she COULD , and she said there was a place in the Bible that told how a snake coaxed Eve to eat an apple , that the Lord had told her she must n't touch ; and so she got us into most of the trouble there was in the world .