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Forest Stories Episode One Hundred Thirty Four The Poor Poor Copperhead Snake · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: Hey, when it comes to podcasts listening, are you like me?
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  Speaker 1: Arrooe dot net. The searching is over. It's all in
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  Speaker 1: one place. Enjoy the exploration. Hey, thanks for being a
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  Speaker 1: part of the conversation. Welcome to Forest Stories, a series
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  Speaker 1: of short winded adventures within a collection of skyscraping trees,
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  Speaker 1: stuck feet first and Georgia Clay right here in Carolina.
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  Speaker 1: It's been a huge part of my daily journey for
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  Speaker 1: over thirty three years. I Am the Poet in the Forest,
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  Speaker 1: a children's series written and recorded in the nineteen nineties.
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  Speaker 1: It's grown into multiple podcasts that now reach around the world,
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  Speaker 1: and none of it would be possible without this forest
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  Speaker 1: right here in South Charlotte, North Carolina, at the base
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  Speaker 1: of Heartbreak Hills. It's a sign that reads Rainbow Forest. Well,
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  Speaker 1: it's time you get to meet what's inspired several generations
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  Speaker 1: long before the paved paths decorated with colorful homes colonized
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  Speaker 1: around this beautiful lake, slow moving stream, flatland swamps, and
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  Speaker 1: array of natural animals. There were families and business owners
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  Speaker 1: who are said to have raised into this area for
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  Speaker 1: the beauty of the land, wild roses, migratory birds, and
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  Speaker 1: wild grapevines. Those before me either forgot to write about
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  Speaker 1: it or it's buried somewhere inside their family tree. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: thanks for being a part of the conversation.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome back to the forest. I often wonder if a
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  Speaker 2: copper head snake maybe thirteen inches in length, wakes up
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  Speaker 2: on a Thursday, it's eighty five degrees, there's not a
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  Speaker 2: drop of rain in the forecast. That copperhead snake coming
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  Speaker 2: in at thirteen inches, looks up at the sun and says,
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna make this the biggest greatest day I've had
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  Speaker 2: ever since I was challenged as a baby snake maybe
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  Speaker 2: one or two inches, and that human almost stepped on me.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm okay. I'm forgiving of all living things, so
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  Speaker 2: says the copper head snake that's thirteen inches in length.
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  Speaker 2: So does he wake up saying I'm going to have
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  Speaker 2: a great day, And the moment that he touches anything
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  Speaker 2: with heat, such as the pavement of a street, a sidewalk,
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  Speaker 2: or in a place where the digital lawnmower will plow
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  Speaker 2: its way. Does the snake think, oh, my thirteen inches
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  Speaker 2: are about ready to lose an inch and a half.
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  Speaker 2: Sounds kind of gross, doesn't it. It's almost like, why
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  Speaker 2: are we doing this to the copper head snakes? I
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  Speaker 2: mean I understand why because I've seen a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people inside this forest get bitten by a copper head
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  Speaker 2: snake and the pain and the challenges that come after
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  Speaker 2: you've been bitten by the copperhead snake. It's the human
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  Speaker 2: protecting itself. It's called survival. But did the snake today
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  Speaker 2: thirteen inches in length? Look at the sunshine? I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to make this the best day I've ever had. I
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  Speaker 2: think we've all been there, and then someone comes along
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  Speaker 2: and chops off your head. Huh. The moral of the
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  Speaker 2: story determine what your greatest day of all time is
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  Speaker 2: and stay away from those who are afraid. And if
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  Speaker 2: they are afraid, somewhere along the line, you're gonna have
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  Speaker 2: to negotiate a storyline of learning how to welcome each other.
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  Speaker 2: It's a journey of growing forward unless you're a snake,
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  Speaker 2: a copperhead at that, thirteen inches in length, Oh I'm sorry,
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  Speaker 2: twelve inches in length, maybe even eleven point five. Hey,
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  Speaker 2: thanks for being a part of the conversation.