A man walking in the forest found two snakes fighting, viciously biting one another. Neither snake would yield to the other.
Then a third snake come slithering up. She thrashed one snake and then the other. "You must leave each other alone!" she hissed, and the first two snakes disappeared into the forest.
"How were you able to do that?" the man asked the snake.
"Because I am more deadly than they are!" the snake hissed, looking at him with evil in her eyes.
The man ran off fast as he could.
Where you find one evil, more will come.
Inspired by: "The Man and the Snakes" in Hausa Tales and Traditions, volume 1, by Neil Skinner, 1969.
Notes: You can read the original story online.
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