It happened in a very cold _________ . One day a farmer was on his way ________. Suddenly, he saw a snake lying on the __________  almost frozen to death. "Poor snake! Let me _________your life!”said the farmer. Then he put the snake under his coat, next to his warm body.

A few minutes _________ , the snake came back to life. The farmer did not get any signs of thanks for saving the snake's life.________ the snake bit the farmer and left. "Poor me! Why did I save the life of a cold-blooded snake?"_______  the dying farmer.