Author: Jill

Paul And The Snake
By Jill Kemp
Illustrated by Richard Gunther
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Paul And The Snake
By Jill Kemp
Illustrated by Richard Gunther
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The boat taking the prisoner, Paul,
to Rome was shipwrecked.
Everyone got safely to shore through
the stormy seas and heavy rain.
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The boat taking the prisoner, Paul,
to Rome was shipwrecked.
Everyone got safely to shore through
the stormy seas and heavy rain.
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They found wood to make a fire
to warm and dry themselves.
Paul helped gather sticks too,
in the pouring rain.
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They found wood to make a fire
to warm and dry themselves.
Paul helped gather sticks too,
in the pouring rain.
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He didn’t see a poisonous snake,
called a Viper, hiding in the sticks.
The poisonous snake bit Paul
on his hand and hung on tight.
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He didn’t see a poisonous snake,
called a Viper, hiding in the sticks.
The poisonous snake bit Paul
on his hand and hung on tight.
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Paul shook the snake into the fire
and prayed that God would protect him
from the poisonous snake venom,
that would kill him.
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Paul shook the snake into the fire
and prayed that God would protect him
from the poisonous snake venom,
that would kill him.
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Everybody waited for Paul to die.
They thought that God must be angry
with him and had made a storm
and sent a snake to kill him.
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Everybody waited for Paul to die.
They thought that God must be angry
with him and had made a storm
and sent a snake to kill him.
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When Paul didn’t died from
the poisonous snake bite,
the people decided that Paul
must surely be a god himself!
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When Paul didn’t died from
the poisonous snake bite,
the people decided that Paul
must surely be a god himself!
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“I am just a man like you,” he said.
“I believe the one, true, living God
sent his son Jesus, to save me.
God alone has kept me safe.”
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“I am just a man like you,” he said.
“I believe the one, true, living God
sent his son Jesus, to save me.
God alone has kept me safe.”
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