 and went on about my business, hoeing my corn. But after I'd hoed a while, I noticed that the hoe handle started swelling up. Felt bigger than common, and I got to looking at it, and that's exactly what, that blame thing was swelling up from where that snake had bit it. Well, I tried to hoe with it, and finally it swelled so much it popped the hoe in the shank right off. Well, I just threw that hoe handle over beside the cornfield there, and