A dog was so faithful, that the owner who is a woman could leave her baby with it and go out to attend other matters, she always returned to find the child soundly asleep with the dog faithfully watching over him. One day something tragic happened. The owner as usual left the baby in the 'hands' of this faithfull dog and went out shopping, when she returnee, she discovered rather a nasty scene, there was a total mess the baby's cot was dismantled, his nappies and clothes torn to shreds with blood stains all over the bedroom where she left the child and the dog shocked, the woman wailed as she began looking for the baby. All of a sudden she saw the faithful dog emerging from under the bed, it was covered with blood and licking its mouth as it had just finished a delicious meal. The woman went berserk and assumed that the dog had devoured her baby without much thought she beat the dog wood to death, but as she continued searching for the "remains" of her child, she beheld another scene close 2 the bed was the baby who, although lying on bare floor, was safe and under the bed the body of a snake torn to pieces in what must have been a fierce battle between it and the dog, which was now dead. Then reality dawned on the woman who now began to understand what took place in her absence. Dog fought to protect the baby from the snake, it was to late for her now to make amends because in her impatience and anger, she had killed the faithful dog. LESSONS how often have we misjudge people and torn them to shreds with harsh words and deeds before we have had time to evaluate the situation? Little patience can drastically reduce major life long mistakes.