FableNº 167

The Crow and the Serpent

A crow short of food caught sight of a serpent sleeping in the sun; he swooped down and carried it off. But the serpent turned and bit him, and the crow, on the point of death, said, "How wretched I am, to have found such a windfall that I die of it."

*A treasure may bring mortal danger instead of happiness.

Moral

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