Aesop Fables » Snake http://www.aesop-fable.com Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:47:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Laborer and the Snake http://www.aesop-fable.com/snake/laborer-and-snake http://www.aesop-fable.com/snake/laborer-and-snake#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:46:26 +0000 Aesop http://www.aesop-fable.com/?p=96 A SNAKE, having made his hole close to the porch of a cottage, inflicted a mortal bite on the Cottager’s infant son.

Grieving over his loss, the Father decided to kill the Snake. The next day, when the Snake came out of its hole for food, the Laborer took up his axe, but by swinging too hastily, missed its head and cut off only the end of its tail.

After some time the Laborer, afraid that the Snake would bite him also, endeavored to make peace, and placed some bread and salt in the hole.

The Snake hissed: “There can never be peace between us; for whenever I see you I shall remember the loss of my tail, and whenever you see me you will be thinking of the death of your son.”

Moral: No one really forgets their injuries in the presence of the person who caused the injury.

]]> http://www.aesop-fable.com/snake/laborer-and-snake/feed 7 The Laborer and the Snake http://www.aesop-fable.com/people/the-laborer-and-the-snake http://www.aesop-fable.com/people/the-laborer-and-the-snake#comments Fri, 04 May 2007 06:34:00 +0000 Aesop http://www.aesop-fable.com/people/the-laborer-and-the-snake A Snake, having made his hole close to the porch of a cottage, inflicted a mortal bite on the Laborer’s infant son.

Grieving over his loss, the Father decided to kill the Snake.

The next day, when the snake came out of its hole for food, he took up his axe, but by swinging too hastily, missed its head and cut off only the end of its tail. After some time the Laborer, afraid that the Snake would bite him also, endeavored to make peace. So the Laborer placed some bread and salt in the entrance to the hole.

The Snake, hissed and said: “There can be no peace between us; for whenever I see you I shall remember the loss of my tail, and whenever you see me you will be thinking of the death of your son.”

Moral: No one truly forgets injuries in the presence of the person who caused the injury.

]]> http://www.aesop-fable.com/people/the-laborer-and-the-snake/feed 1 The Farmer and the Snake http://www.aesop-fable.com/people/the-farmer-and-the-snake http://www.aesop-fable.com/people/the-farmer-and-the-snake#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:53:33 +0000 Aesop http://www.aesop-fable.com/people/the-farmer-and-the-snake One winter a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold. He had compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it inside his coat where it was warm.

The Snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and resuming its natural instincts, bit the Farmer, giving him a mortal wound.

“Oh,” cried the Farmer with his last breath, “I should have known better than to pity a scoundrel.”

Moral: The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.

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