Slowly out of its hole crawled the gigantic snake.

一条体态庞大的蛇慢慢地从洞里爬出来。

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The next day, on its coming out of its hole for food, he took up his ax, but, making too much haste to hit the snake, missed its head, and cut off only the end of its tail.

第二天，当蛇出洞觅食之时，他举起斧头就砍那条蛇。可惜太操之过急，没砍中蛇头，只砍断了尾巴。

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