A crow, in great want of food, saw a serpent asleep in a sunny nook. Flying down, it greedily seized the serpent. The serpent, turning about, bit the crow with a mortal wound. In the agony of death, the bird exclaimed: "O unhappy me! I have found in that which I deemed a happy windfall the source of my destruction."
一只饥肠辘辘的乌鸦，看见一条蛇在阳光明媚的角落里睡觉。它飞扑而下，贪婪地抓住了蛇。蛇转过身来，给了乌鸦致命的一咬。在死亡的痛苦中，这只鸟哀叹道：“哦，不幸的我啊！我本以为这是一次幸运的收获，却从中找到了毁灭的根源。”
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