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The Crow And The Snake

  • ️Sun Jul 07 2024

"Crow and the snake" is one of Aesop's Fables. One day a crow gets hungry and hunts down a snake. Only for the snake to bite and kill it. The lesson to be learned is that a good fortune may not be all what seems to be.


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  • Adaptation Species Change:
    • Another version replaces the crow with a hawk and the snake with an octopus.
    • Another version replaces the crow with a raven and the snake with a scorpion.
  • Downer Ending: The crow was only looking for food, but gets bitten by a snake after hunting it down, and the bird loses both its prey and life.
  • Minimalist Cast: The titular animals are the only two characters in this tale.
  • Nameless Narrative: No one is ever named in this story.
  • The Noun and the Noun: It is called "crow and the snake".

Alternative Title(s): Crow And The Snake, The Snake And The Crow, Snake And The Crow