Letter S : How The Rattlesnake Got Its Poison

Deep in the Sahara Desert there lived a snake. It was a rattlesnake named Ross. Ross loved to spring. He would coil his body into a tight spring. He would jump up and spring on the hot sand all day. He could spring all the way to Saturn and back!
Ross was hungry. He was starving. It had been six weeks since he last ate. He could not catch something to eat. His friends caught food. They knew that Ross was missing his prey. They teased him."You are a sissy," they hissed. "You are a wuss."Ross felt sad. He slowly slithered away.Ross' stomach growled. He saw a sand fox. He sprang at it and caught it! He was going to have a snack! Then the sand fox bit him and scurried away. Ross' tail and feelings were hurt.What else could Ross do? Perhaps he could bash his prey on the head. He found a stone. It was immense. It was so large that Ross could not hoist it up. He tried and tried. Then he gave up and sighed.He thought of a cactus. Someone had told him that one was toxic. He slithered until he found it. It was full of poison. Maybe Ross could use that poison. He bit the plant to pull it up by its roots. The poison came out! The poison got into his mouth. It tasted awful! Ross was surprised that it didn't slay him. He slipped away from the cactus.