Once upon a time, there was a hard—working farmer named Harry. But his hard work ,brought him nothing.One day, he saw a snake, and thought, "This is surely the goddess of thefield, and I have not; once paid her respect. That is1 nothing grows in my field "Then, he gotsome milk to the snake. The next day he returned and found a gold coin in thebowl. And it continued2. He brought the snake milk. and alwaysfound a coin there the next morning.
One day, Harry asked his son to take themilk to the snake. The son did so. When he came back the next day, he found acoin. "This place must3gold coins. I will kill the snake andtake them all4 !"
Having5this,the son returned the next day with the milk and a stick. As he gave the milk tothe snake, he6 hit her on the head with the stick but thesnake didn't die. Filled with7,she bit the boy and he died.
When Harry found why his son had died, hesaid that the snake had done8 wrong. The next day, he once again took milkto the snake and praised the snake with a friendly voice. The snake appearedand said to him, "You come here from greed （贪心）,lettingeven your sadness for your son9.Your son, with little understanding, hit me. I bit him. How can I forget thestick's blow？ How can you forget the10 for your son? From now on friendship betweenyou and me will no longer be possible." After saying this she gave him acoin and disappeared.
