文档介绍：经典英语故事小短文：农夫和蛇
This story is called “The Farmer and the Snake.“ Every day, a farmer went to the city to sell his flowerand there was a gold coin in the bin! At that time, gold was very valuable. One gold coin had a value many times higher than the farmer”s produce.
Then one day some time later, the farmer”s father asked him, “Where have you gotten so many gold coins lately? Where did the money come from?“ So the farmer revealed to his father what had happened. After listening to his story, the father thought, “One day I”ll follow my son as he goes out, and see who”s been consuming his things and leaving the money in the bin.“
So one day, when the farmer went out to do business, his father quietly followed him. While the farmer was sleeping near the city gate, his father saw a snake crawl up to his bin and eat his produce. Having finished eating, the snake once again spat a gold coin into the bin as payment to the farmer before leaving. Seeing this, the farmer”s father thought, “If I kill the snake, I”ll be able to seize all its gold coins!“ He then picked up a stone and cut the snake into two parts.
At that time, the head and trunk of the snake were already in its den, and only the tail was outside. The father thought that there must be a big treasure in the den so he told his son to reach inside for it. B