Finally, the man became fed up with the rumors and the doctors and everything else in the world...so he did the natually acceptable, intelligent thing and went to see a soothesayer. Actually, that is a really nice word for it. She was pretty much a witch doctor who charged $7.99 USD a minute. She was, however, able to make a prediction. The man and his wife would soon have son. Not only that, but their son would be the talk of the town for generations. Now, this was good news. The man left for home with the happy tale to tell his wife.
They were both quite happy...until the child was born.
Then, they were both fairly alarmed when, nine months later, their wonderful son was born a serpent. Aside from the apparent physical impossibility of this, their son did little to stop the rumors. It turns out, the Husband had not tipped the voodoo soothesayer.
Which was alright....the wife said beggars can't be choosers and raised the child like any other...albeit with some obvious differences
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