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The Woman and the Viper (A fable by Aesop, via "Natural Born Killers")

Once upon a time, a woman was picking up firewood. She came upon a poisonous snake frozen in the snow. She took the snake home and nursed it back to health. One day the snake bit her on the cheek. As she lay dying, she asked the snake, "Why have you done this to me?" And the snake answered, "Look, ***** you knew I was a snake."

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jim-northcutt
44 / M
Published
May 1, 2016
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Based on one of Aesop's fables. This was told by the old Indian to Mickey and Mallory while they were tripping ***** on shrooms.

Aesop:"Did you not know that there is enmity and natural antipathy between your kind and mine? Did you not know that a serpent in the ***** a mouse in a bag and fire in a barn give their hosts an ill reward?"

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#truth#life#betrayal#advice#wisdom#backstabber#antipathy#enmity#aesop#naturalbornkillers
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