Aesop's Fables, Part 237 summary
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In The Snake and Jupiter, a snake complains to Jupiter because people and animals keep stepping on his long, low body. Jupiter offers little sympathy and suggests that biting the first offender would have made the others more careful, shifting attention from the snake’s suffering to his response.
What happens
- People and animals repeatedly step on a snake, causing him great suffering.
- His long body and inability to rise from the ground lead him to complain to Jupiter.
- Jupiter shows little sympathy and says a bite to the first offender would have encouraged greater care.
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What does Jupiter suggest could have made others more careful?
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