The farmer and the snake

One winter a Farmer found a Snake stiff¹ and frozen with cold.
He had compassion² on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom³.
The Snake was quickly revived⁴ by the warmth, and resuming⁵ its natural instincts⁶, bit its benefactor⁷, inflicting⁸ on him a mortal⁹ wound. “Oh,” cried the Farmer with his last breath, “I am rightly served for pitying¹⁰ a scoundrel¹¹.”
The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.

1. if someone or a part of their body is stiff, their muscles hurt and it is difficult for them to move
2. a strong feeling of sympathy(the feeling of being sorry for someone who is in a bad situation) for someone who is suffering, and a desire to help them
3. the front part of a man’s chest
4. to become healthy and strong again, or to make someone or something healthy and strong again
5. to start doing something again after stopping or being interrupted
6. a natural tendency to behave in a particular way or a natural ability to know something, which is not learned
7. one who renders aid or kindly service to others, a friendly helper
8. to make someone suffer something unpleasant
9. not able to live for ever
10. to feel sorry for someone because they are in a very bad situation
11. a bad or dishonest man, especially someone who cheats or deceives other people