The Chickens and The Snake
A Fable by Hans Cheetham
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2 min readMar 3, 2022
Every morning a snake which was not fully grown would feast on the eggs from chickens in a chicken coop.
Many moons ago a bargain was struck with the snake and the chickens.
The chickens told him, “We will offer you an endless supply of eggs as a tribute to you, the mighty rat snake! In return, you must promise that you will…