A snake was stuck under a rock.
"Help me!" he shouted at a man who walked by. "Free me, and I'll give you a reward!"
"I'll help you," said the man, and he freed the snake, but instead of giving him a treasure, the snake threatened to kill him.
As they were arguing, a monkey came by.
"Be our judge, monkey!" they said.
"You'll have to show me exactly what happened," said the monkey.
So the snake got back under the rock, and then the monkey said, "I advise you to leave that ungrateful beast under the rock this time!"
Inspired by: Mille Fabulae et Una, a collection of Latin fables that I've edited, free to read online. I am not translating the Latin here; instead, I am just telling a 100-word version of the fable.
Notes: This is fable 119 in the book, which is not in Perry; it's one of Abstemius's fables.
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