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Source text - English Literature
The Crow and the Snake
Aesop's Fables
A hungry Crow spied a Snake lying asleep in a sunny spot, and, picking it up in his claws, he was carrying it off to a place where he could make a meal of it without being disturbed, when the Snake reared its head and bit him. It was a poisonous Snake, and the bite was fatal, and the dying Crow said, "What a cruel fate is mine! I thought I had made a lucky find, and it has cost me my life!"
| Translation - Arabic الْغُـرَابُ وَالْحيَّـةُ
يُحْكَى أَنَّ غراباً بلغَ به الجوعُ مَبلغه، وعندما أحس بقرب نهايته، بصر، فرأى حية قابعة فى مخدعها، فأنشب فيها مخالبه، وحملها بعيدا ليسد رمقه بوجبة بعيدا عن المتطفلين، وعندما أفاقت الحية من غفوتها، لدغته. كان فيها مقتله.
همهم وهو يلفظ أنفاسه "يالى من شقى تعس، إذ جلبت لنفسى الهلاك، حين ظننت أن فيها سعادتى".
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