A MAN finding a frozen Viper1 put it into his bosom2.
"The coldness of the human heart," he said, with a grin, "will keep
the creature in his present condition until I can reach home and
revive him on the coals."
But the pleasures of hope so fired his heart that the Viper thawed3,
and sliding to the ground thanked the Man civilly for his
hospitality and glided4 away.
