作文を書くコミュのSnakes, Vanity, Trust

A famous Indian story about
Understanding vanity, trust, intuition,
danger and the freedom to say 'No'.
From:
http://www.warriorofthelight.com/

Once upon a time a girl decided to climb
a mountain to visit her grandmother. It was
pouring with rain, a cold wind was blowing, and
thunder rolled at each second.

When she was almost reaching her destination,
she felt something brushing against her feet.
Looking down, she saw that it was a snake.

“I’m almost dying,” said the snake.
“It’s very cold and there’s no food up here
on this mountain, please protect me! Put me
under your coat, save my life, and I will be
your best friend.”

Despite the storm, the girl stopped and began to
reflect. She saw the snake’s green and gold skin
and told herself that she had never seen anything
so beautiful. She thought how her classmates would
envy her if she showed up with a snake to defend her
from everything. Finally she said:

“All right. I am going to save you because all living
beings deserve care and affection.”

The snake became the girl’s friend, served to scare
aggressive people at school, and kept her company on
lonely days. Until one night when she was doing her
homework and she felt a sharp pain in her right foot.
On looking down, she saw that the snake had bitten her.

“You’re poisonous!” she cried. “I’m going to die!”

The snake said nothing.

“How could you do this to me? I saved your life!”

“On that day, when you bent down to save me, you knew
I was a snake, didn’t you?”

And he slithered slowly away.
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