นิทานภาษาอังกฤษ

One wintry day

a Wood man 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 the Serpent raised its head

and put out its fangs

and was about to sting the child to death

So the Wood man seized his axe,

and with one stroke cut the Serpent in two.