| Volume - IV |
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| Culture Course |
THE SNAKE AND THE FARMER |
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boy thought that it was by luck that he got the coin. But on the second day too there was
a gold coin waiting for him. Then he thought: "Surely, there must be a lot of gold coins in the pit. Let me dig them out and take them away all together." He brought a crow-bar and started digging. Enraged at the destruction of its home, the big snake came out hissing fiercely, and bit the boy. The boy died on the spot. The snake left the pit and went away some where else, thinking the people would kill it. When the farmer returned, and saw the dead body of his son, his heart broke. He cried out, "Why did I not tell my son about the snake? Alas! Why did he disturb the field-God?" |
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