There once was a village who's only food source was cheese. One year, snakes invaded the cheese bins. They devoured every last cord. The people were devastated. They killed every snake in the village.

The next summer, the cheese started to disappear, little by little. When the villagers found out, they were outraged. They hunted for the their. After many days, they found a snake a few miles outside of town. They brought him back to town and imprisoned him.

The next day, they found more cheese missing. Many people still believed that the snake was behind it, despitethe fact that he was locked up all night.

That night, the peple posted guards at the cheese bins. In the morning, the guards came out with several dead rats. The villagres realized the the rats were stealing their precious cheese, and the snake was innocent!

The people shamefully released the snake and apologized for the misunderstanding. As the snake left, he lookedback at the villagers, and said, "Jude me not on the actions of my brothers."

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