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<h2>THE SERPENT AND THE EAGLE</h2>
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<p>An Eagle swooped down upon a Serpent and seized it in his talons
with the intention of carrying it off and devouring it. But the
Serpent was too quick for him and had its coils round him in a
moment; and then there ensued a life-and-death struggle between the
two. A countryman, who was a witness of the encounter, came to the
assistance of the Eagle, and succeeded in freeing him from the
Serpent and enabling him to escape. In revenge the Serpent spat
some of his poison into the man's drinking-horn. Heated with his
exertions, the man was about to slake his thirst with a draught
from the horn, when the Eagle knocked it out of his hand, and
spilled its contents upon the ground.</p>
<p class="adage">One good turn deserves another.</p>
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