A Cross-Spiece Friendship
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Aril 2007
One
of the most endearing Chinese love legends is
about the romance between a Chinese man and a
white snake.
But
now it's no longer just a legend, well,
almost.
Eight
years ago, 23-year old Chinese peasant Huang
Kaining, of Hainan Province, saved an injuried
baby snake in the field. He brought it home
and nurtured it back to health.
The
snake gradually grew big and strong, so does
the cross-spiece friendship between the two.
Once Huang injured his leg while doing
fieldwork and was kept bedridden for half a
month. During that peired, the snake silently
stayed at his bedside to keep him company,
not for one moment did it wander off. Since
then, the two become such good mates that
they share the same bed even after Huang got
married to his wife.
When
Huang's son joined the party, the snake
offered itself as a full-time nanny, nursing
the baby day and night. As the boy grows
older, the snake turns itself to be a
playmate and swimming coach for him, and for
his little friends, being their life-saving
guard.
