ONE WINTER a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold. He had compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom. —
一个农夫在一个冬天发现了一条因寒冷而僵直冻结的蛇。他对它怀有同情心，把它捡起来放在怀里。 —

The Snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and resuming its natural instincts, bit its benefactor, inflicting on him a mortal wound. —
蛇被温暖迅速复苏，恢复了它的本能，咬了他的恩人，给他造成了致命伤。 —

“Oh,” cried the Farmer with his last breath, “I am rightly served for pitying a scoundrel.”
“噢，”农夫临终时叫道，”我为同情一个恶棍而受到了应有的惩罚。”

The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.
即使是最大的善意也束缚不住那些忘恩负义的人。