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小学生英语故事农夫和蛇 This story is called The Farmer and the Snake. Every day, a farmer went to the city to sell his flowers and farm produce and then went home after selling all his things. One day, he left home very early, so early that when he arrived at the city, the gate was still closed. So he lay down to take a nap, when he awoke he found that the storage bin containing his farm produce had become empty except that there was a gold coin inside. Although all the things in the bin had vanished, the gold was much more valuable so he was still very happy. He thought most probably someone had taken his things and left the payment there, and went home happily with the money. The next day, the farmer again went out to sell his things but again arrived too early so he slept outside the city gate just like he had done the day before. And the incident repeated itself. All the produce that the farmer had brought disappeared, and there was a gold coin in the bin! At that time, gold was very valuable. One gold coin had a value many times higher than the farmers produce. Then one day some time later, the farmers father asked him, Where have you gotten so many gold coins lately? Where did the money come from? So the farmer revealed to his father what had happened. After listening to his story, the father thought, One day Ill follow my son as he goes out, and see whos been consuming his things and leaving the money in the bin. So one day, when the farmer went out to do business, his father quietly followed him. While the farmer was sleeping near the city gate, his father saw a snake crawl up to his bin and eat his produce. Having finished eating, the snake once again spat a gold coin into the bin as payment to the farmer before leaving. Seeing this, the farmers father thought, If I kill the snake, Ill be able to seize all its gold coins! He then picked up a stone and cut the snake into two parts. At that time, the he