• 0ops@piefed.zip
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    4 days ago

    I’ve also heard a version of that story where the snake bites the kid in the middle of the crossing, and they both drown

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      2 days ago

      There was a nagging feeling in my memory that this was the actual ending, or that the snake bit the kid and then easily swam back across the river

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      4 days ago

      There’s a similar tale with a scorpion and frog, often attributed to Aesop, that ends with them both drowning.