The serpent and the eagle 毒蛇与老鹰（中英）

An Eagle swooped down upon a Serpent and seized it in his talons with the intention of carrying it off and devouring it. But the Serpent was too quick for him and had its coils round him in a moment; and then there ensued a life-and-death struggle between the two. A countryman, who was a witness of the encounter, came to the assistance of the Eagle, and succeeded in freeing him from the Serpent and enabling him to escape. In revenge the Serpent spat some of his poison into the man’s drinking-horn. Heated with his exertions, the man was about to slake his thirst with a draught from the horn, when the Eagle knocked it out of his hand, and spilled its contents upon the ground.

一只老鹰朝着一条毒蛇俯冲下来，用鹰爪抓住了蛇，想要把他带走并吃掉。可是，毒蛇却迅速缠住了老鹰，接着展开了一场生死搏斗。一个农夫看到了整个过程，走过来帮老鹰解开了蛇的缠绕，让他重新获得了自由。为了报复农夫，蛇便将自己的毒液注进了农夫喝水的角杯里。忙活了半天的农夫正想去解解渴，便拿起角杯要喝水，这时，老鹰飞过来撞掉了他手中的角杯，杯子里的水全都洒在了地上。