§89 得金鼠狼喻

(89) the gold weasel

昔有一人，在路而行，道中得一金鼠狼，心中喜踊，持置怀中，涉路而进。至水欲渡，脱衣置地，寻时金鼠变为毒蛇。

once upon a time, there was a man who found a gold weasel while traveling. he put it inside of his shirt as he leaped for joy. traveling on, he reached a river where he took off his clothes for crossing. subsequently, the gold weasel changed into a poisonous snake.

此人深思：宁为毒蛇螫杀，要当怀去。心至冥感，还化为金。旁边愚人见其毒蛇变成真宝，谓为恒尔，复取毒蛇，内著怀里，即为毒蛇之所蜇螫，丧身殒命。

nevertheless, the man did not throw it out and kept it in the shirt. deeply grateful, the snake changed back into pure gold. a stupid man nearby who saw it with his own eyes, took it for granted that it should always turned out that way. he then put a poisonous snake inside of his shirt. he got bitten and died soon after.

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