Opossum 16


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A large rodent or rat like animal. A marsupial mammal of nocturnal habits (Didelphys virginiana), with a white and palatable flesh and a coarse but much esteemed pelage. Also abbreviated in possum.Noted for its trick of feigning death when in danger.

 
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I couldn't get that poor old opossum off my mind. I thought, "God, I ought to go in, and get a gun, and kill that opossum, but I can't do it. What's the matter, Lord?" I walked up-and- down the floor. Daylight come, old opossum laying there. I went back, thought, "O God, there she is, that hot sun, laying right at my step." Started walking back through the floor. The blessed Holy Spirit stopped me, said, "You called her a lady. You took up for her, for being a real mother.

 

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