Snakesdidn’t playfetch, didn’t bound into thecarpanting their joy, didn’t speak when you held a rawhide bonejust above shoulder level and twitched it invitingly.
On Monday, they were home with their grateful mother, and Shaw and Rocky were being honored at the fire station -- Shaw with a fireman's hat and Rocky with a giant rawhidebone he grabbed from Fire Chief Ken Block before Block could take off its plastic wrapper.