A hungry Crow spied a Snake lying asleep in a sunny spot, and, picking it up in his claws, he was carrying it off to a place where he could make a meal of it without being disturbed, when the Snake reared its head and bit him.It was a poisonous Snake, and the bite was fatal, and the dying Crow said, "What a cruel fate is mine!I thought I had made a lucky find, and it has cost me my life!"
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A hungry Crow spied a Snake lying asleep in a sunny spot, and, picking it up in his claws, he was carrying it off to a place where he could make a meal of it without being disturbed, when the Snake reared its head and bit him.It was a poisonous Snake, and the bite was fatal, and the dying Crow said, "What a cruel fate is mine!I thought I had made a lucky find, and it has cost me my life!"
