THE SERPENT AND THE EAGLE.

An Eagle swooped down upon a Serpent and seized it in his talon with the intention of carrying it off and devouring it.
The Eagle did not take in consideration the quick movements of the Serpent. The Serpent reacted in a very quick manner. It was so fast that the Eagle seemed to be just in a slow motion. In a moment the Serpent had its coils rounded over the Eagle, ensuing a life-and-death struggle between the two.
A countryman, who was witnessing the whole encounter, came to provide assistance to the Eagle. He succeeded in freeing the Eagle from the coils of the Serpent and enabled the Eagle to escape the life-and-death confrontation.
The Serpent, then, wanted the countryman dead. In order to achieve his purpose, the Serpent spat some of his poison into the man's drinking-horn.
Heated with his exertions, the countryman was about to slake his thirst with a draught from the horn. Then , the Eagle, who watched what the Serpent did to the man's horn, knocked it out of his hand, and the whole content of the horn was spilled upon the ground.

MORAL LESSON : ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER.