百喻經之八九: 得金鼠狼喻
§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，心中喜踴，持置懷中，涉路而進。至水欲渡，脫衣置地，尋時金鼠變為毒蛇。
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：寧為毒蛇螫殺，要當懷去。心至冥感，還化為金。旁邊愚人見其毒蛇變成真寶，謂為恒爾，復取毒蛇，內著懷里，即為毒蛇之所蜇螫，喪身殞命。
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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