An Eagle swooped down upon a Serpent and seized it in his talons with the intention of carrying it off and devouring it. But the Serpent was too quick for him and had its coils round him in a moment; and then there ensued a life-and-death struggle between the two. A countryman, who was a witness of the encounter, came to the assistance of the Eagle, and succeeded in freeing him from the Serpent and enabling him to escape. In revenge the Serpent spat some of his poison into the man's drinking-horn. Heated with his exertions, the man was about to slake his thirst with a draught from the horn, when the Eagle knocked it out of his hand, and spilled its contents upon the ground.
One good turn deserves another.
有一只鹰，从天而降，用爪子抓住一条蛇，想要把它带走飞到别的地方去吃掉。但是蛇反应敏捷，一下子盘起身子，把鹰给缠住了，他们两个展开了一场殊死较量。一个乡下人看到这场对决，过来帮助鹰摆脱了蛇的纠缠，让他能够成功逃脱。为了复仇，蛇吐了一些毒液到那人的酒壶之中。人费了半天力气，又累又饿，准备喝上一口酒解解渴，这时，鹰把酒壶撞飞，里面装的东西都洒了出来。
训诫：好心会有回报。