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One day a man by the name of Pancho was walking when he saw a rattle snake under a rock. He felt sorry for the snake and decided to help him. So Pancho picked up the rock. As soon as the rattlesnake was free he coiled up and was ready to attack when Pancho asked, "What is your problem? I just saved your life and this the way you repay me!" "Well," said the snake, "when something good happens something bad has to happen." |
"That's not true!" shouted Pancho. "Look I'll make a deal with you. We'll ask three witnesses if they agree to this nonsense. If they agree I'll let you strike me." The snake agreed.
The first witness to walk by was a donkey. Pancho and the snake asked if he agreed with the snake. He replied that the only reward he got for his hard work was a beating.
So they waited for the next witness when along came a chicken. They asked the chicken what she thought. She said that she had laid many eggs and now that she couldn't she would die. At this point Pancho looked like he was in trouble.
After waiting nervously a coyote came out of the bushes. They asked him for his opinion. "Well," said the coyote, "if you put yourself under the rock and the condition you were in, I could make up my mind."
So the snake crawled under the rock for the coyote. As soon as the coyote checked if the snake couldn't get out from under the rock by itself, he said to Pancho, "Let's go friend, now we don't need an answer."