mail-delivery snakes

So, every morning after prayer, my students share current news events.  One student per day is responsible for finding and reporting important news events. Sometimes we have a lot to cover.  "Mrs. Clare, guess how many pieces of news I found?"  "Umm....eight??"  (thinking I was guessing high).  "Nope!  Twenty!"

All twenty were written down in perfect penmanship on a tiny reporter notebook.

Among them:

"Dolores Gavin got a shock of surprise in the mail.  When she opened a package from the mail she was surprised to find a baby snake.  The snake was a Spotted Python.  That type of snake is very common for a pet.  Her granddaughter ordered the snake on her credit card without permission.  They sent the snake back and got a full refund."

"An immigrant tried to sneak across the border in a washing machine.  Agents from the Falfurrias Border Control Station found 1 person in a washing machine and 4 people in cardboard boxes.  They were found in a U-haul truck.  They found them at a checkpoint."

"President Obama's credit card declined at a cafe in NY.  He thought it was identity thief.  Turns out he didn't use it enough."

"A very popular sport in Ireland is hurling.  The official rules were created in 1885.  The stadium is called Croke Park.  It is believed that hurling was in Ireland before Christianity.  Hurling looks like a cross between baseball, soccer, American football, and lacrosse.  Many people have not heard of hurling before."

She did cover all the big headlines about Isis and Ebola...but these were some of the more unique ones.