意大利童话：The Snake 蛇
the snake
a farmer went out mowing everyday, and at noon one or the other of his three daughters would bring him his lunch on a certain day it fell to the oldest girl to go by the time she reached the woods, though, she was tired and sat down on a stone to rest a minute before proceeding to the meadow no sooner had she taken a seat than she felt a strong thud underneath, and out crawled a snake the girl dropped the basket and ran home as fast as her legs would carry her that day the father went hungry and when he came in from the field he scolded his daughters angrily
the next day the middle girl started out she too sat down on the stone, and the same thing occurred as the day before then the third girl said, "it's my turn now, but i'm not afraid" instead of one lunch basket, she prepared two when she felt the thud and saw the snake, she gave it one of the baskets of food, and the snake spoke "take me home with you, and i will bring you luck" the girl put the snake in her apron and then went on to her father with his lunch when she got back home, she placed the snake under her bed it grew so rapidly that soon it was too big to fit under the bed, so it went away before leaving, however, it bestowed three charms on the girl: weeping, she would shed tears of pearl and silver; laughing, she would see golden pomegranate seeds fall from her head; and washing her hands, she would produce fish of every kind
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