英语小故事：农夫与蛇

《农夫和蛇》的故事大家可能都听过。但是用英语，我们怎么讲述这个故事呢？这则小故事很适合少儿朋友们表演的时候使用。

It was a cold winter evening, an old man had done his work and was going home from the fields.

On his way he saw some thing on the ground. He looked at it and found it was a snake.

It was not dead,but it couldn't move because it was so cold.

"Poor thing," the man said, "I must try to save your life."

"He picked it up and looked for a warm place to put it in.

But how could he find one in such cold weather? So he decided to put the snake inside his clothes, right next to his heart.

A few minutes later,the snake came back to life and began to move.

When it had become strong gave the man a deadly bite.

He killed it and went on.When he got back,he was very ill and had to lie down.

He knew he was dying.