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The Farmer and The Snake

(Aesop’s Fables)

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　On a cold day in the winter, a farmer found a snake that was almost frozen from cold.

　The farmer said to himself, ”Oh, dear! You poor thing.”

　Then he picked the snake up, and warmed it up in his arms.

　As soon as the snake got warmed up enough to recover from cold, it revealed its true nature,

　and then it bit the farmer to death.

　The farmer cried out at the moment of his death,

”It's too late. I was too stupid to feel pity for such a villain.”



　This story tells us that

　a filthy mind will not change regardless of receiving so much grace from others.

The end

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