Blind Sight

This long awaited Sabbath had finally arrived, it was the day that the chicks were expected to hatch. Mrs. Mangold, with anticipation rushed out of the house just to grab the first glimpses of two chicks as they cracked their way out of the shell. She had been waiting for this moment and now with more chicks on the way, her excitement grew even stronger.
Rushing off to church, the Mangolds and Mr. Conception worshiped at Kakona SDA, but after the closing remarks were given, instead of the usual pit stop inside the house she sought her way to see the new family of chicks. Upon arriving at the coup however, she screamed! Snake! Snake! It was enough to send Dr. Mangold and Braulio Concepcion from the house with a stick and machete. There the chicken laid dead with a black snack coiled in the corner. The snake had already swallowed multiple eggs and had proceeded with the chick as well. Due to the excitement though, the snake soon regurgitated the chick and prepared itself for attack. Thinking that it was a black Mamba, Dr. Mangold made his way behind the coup and obstructed by a straw mat blocking lining the side of the coup, used a stick to try and nudge the snake towards the entrance where Braulio was waiting at the door with a machete. What neither realized was that the snake slowly edged its way up the side of the steel mesh behind the mat and when it got within a line of sight, opened its jaws and heaved venom into Dr. Mangold eyes. To their surprise, it was a Spitting Cobra. Immediately, he rushed inside the house and washed his left eye out. While in the house, the snake went on to attack of Mrs. Mangold and Mr. Concepcion spitting poison reaching Braulio’s face and the other landing on Mrs. Mangolds dress. Helard rushed back out of the house again, with stick in hand and headed for the chicken coup. This time squatting, he nudged in the area where he thought the snake would be, however the snake craftily found a spot that provided him with a direct line of sight to Dr. Mangold, but this time he shot venom directly into his right eye. Charging towards the house once again, he began washing his other eye. Once he believed the poison was out, he rushed out once again, and adrenaline had overtaken him. Finally, after Dr. Mangold had struck the stick and it made its way out, Mr. Concepcion and the doctors repeatedly struck the snake with both a machete and stick. Devastated by the affairs of the afternoon, Mrs. Mangold began to reflect on the chicks. There was nothing to show. However, Mr. Conception heard out of the corner of his ear movement. He stooped down by where the chick who was expelled from the snakes mouth lay and saw that the chick wasn’t dead. Rushing to the nearest faucet, he washed the chick and the chick was fine. God really protected the Mangolds and Mr. Conception from the Cobra. For the first 24 hours, Dr. Mangold lay partially blind and he shared “I have never felt anything as painful as this.” By Sunday afternoon, he began to regain his sight and he still suffers from occasional blurriness but his sight has returned.