There's gain in patience

There was a cat so faithful that its owner could leave her baby with it & go out to attend to other matters. She always returned to find the child soundly asleep with the cat faithfully watching over him. One day something tragic happened.
 

The woman as usual, left the baby in the "hands" of this faithful cat & went out shopping. When she returned, she discovered rather a nasty scene, there was a total mess. The baby's cot was dismantled; his nappies & clothes torn to shreds with blood stains all over the bedroom where she left the child & the cat. Shocked, the woman wailed as she began to look for her baby.
 

All of a sudden, she saw the faithful cat emerging from under the bed. It was covered with blood and was licking its mouth as it had just finished a delicious meal. The woman went angrily out of control & assumed that the cat had eaten up her baby. Without much thought she beat the cat with a wood to death.
 

But as she continue to search for the"remains" of her diseased child, she beheld another scene... Close to the bed was the baby, who although lying bare on the floor, was completely safe. Under the bed was the body of a snake torn to pieces in what must have been a fierce battle between the cat and the snake, which was now dead.
 

Then reality dawned on the woman who now began to understand what took place in her absence. She now understands that the cat fought to protect the baby from the hungry snake. It was too late for her now to make amends because in her impatience and anger, she had killed the faithful cat.