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date | Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:57:34 +0000 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/au10/the_woodman_and_the_serpent.txt Tue Jan 30 14:57:34 2018 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +one wintry day a woodman was tramping home from his work when he saw something black lying on the snow +when he came closer he saw it was a serpent to all appearance dead +but he took it up and put it in his bosom to warm while he hurried home +as soon as he got indoors he put the serpent down on the hearth before the fire +the children watched it and saw it slowly come to life again +then one of them stooped down to stroke it but thc serpent raised its head and put out its fangs and was about to sting the child to death +so the woodman seized his axe and with one stroke cut the serpent in two +ah