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The serpent and the eagle



shé
hé
yīng
jiāo
zhàn

dǒu
dé
nán
jiě
nán
fēn

shé
jǐn
jǐn
dè
chán
zhù
le
yīng


An eagle swooped down upon a serpent and caught it in his talons. But the serpent was very quick. It coiled around the eagle in a moment.

nóng
fū
kàn
jiàn
le

pián
便
bāng
yīng
jiě
kāi
le
shé

shǐ
使
yīng
huò
dé
le

yóu


A countryman saw the fierce fight. He came to help the eagle, and freed him from the serpent.

wèi
le
bào
chóu

shé
zài
nóng
fū
de
shuǐ
bēi

fàng
le
dú
yào


In revenge, the serpent spat some of its poison into the man's drinking-cup.

dāng
bù
zhī
qíng
de
nóng
fū
duān

bēi

zhèng
zhǔn
bèi
hē
shuǐ
shí

yīng
měng
pū
guò
lái
zhuàng
diào
le
nóng
fū
shǒu
zhōng
de
shuǐ
bēi

yǒu
dú
de
shuǐ
sǎ
dào
le
dè
shàng


When the man was about to drink the water in the cup, the eagle knocked it out of his hand, and spilled the poisoned water on the ground.

yù

shàn
yǒu
shàn
bào

hǎo
rén

dìng
néng
dé
dào
hǎo
bào

The allegory tells us: A good sort will get good treatment.

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