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yongde

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[交流] The Man and the Serpent

A Countryman's son by accident trod upon a Serpent's tail, which
turned and bit him so that he died. The father in a rage got his axe, and
pursuing the Serpent, cut off part of its tail. So the Serpent in revenge
began stinging several of the Farmer's cattle and caused him severe loss.
Well, the Farmer thought it best to make it up with the Serpent, and
brought food and honey to the mouth of its lair, and said to it: "Let's forget
and forgive; perhaps you were right to punish my son, and take vengeance
on my cattle, but surely I was right in trying to revenge him; now that we
are both satisfied why should not we be friends again?"

"No, no," said the Serpent; "take away your gifts; you can never forget
the death of your son, nor I the loss of my tail."

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

this is a fable, share your opinion with us!

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Originally posted by yongde at 2010-07-05 07:52:18:
A Countryman's son by accident trod upon a Serpent's tail, which
turned and bit him so that he died. The father in a rage got his axe, and
pursuing the Serpent, cut off part of its tail. So the ...

It's from Aesop's Fables.
To get more people understand it easily without a dictionary, some words in this fable should be introduced first.

Serpent:  a large snake
      trod:  the past tense of "tread"
tread on:  to put your foot down while you are walking
in a rage:  very very angry
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xia_chong

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I agree with the farmer. Both of the serpent and the farmer are right. They should be friends to ease the revenage.

[ Last edited by xia_chong on 2010-7-5 at 10:22 ]
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