How to Identify a Coral Snake

The Sun newspapers ran a photo of a coral snake, and correctly stated they are poisonous. Unfortunately, they ran the wrong photo. In the following weeks, they ran numerous letters-to-the-editor in which readers corrected them. Many readers suggested rhymes meant to identify coral snakes by the alignment of their colors. Rhymes like "red on black, okay Jack", "yellow on red, you a dead fellow", etc.

They were difficult to remember. So I sent my own letter to the editor that included a story I made up to remember coral snakes have red colors touching yellow colors. Here's the story (letter to the editor).