Your story leaves me speechless. First of all, a six and eight year old are allowed to drive around in a golf cart exploring all by themselves...and then the mother simply tells the child to get it out of the house without insuring that the child was safe from a possibly dangerous animal. I can't imagine anyone leaving such young children unsupervised like that.
I'm very glad that the child is OK, his angel was obviously close by. Another time they may not be so fortunate. >:o(