从前，有一条名叫弗雷德的蝮蛇。
他溜进了一个铁匠铺，希望各种工具能给他一些帮助。
铁匠铺里的锤子、钳子和锯子都愿意帮弗雷德，他们给了他一些东西。
然后，弗雷德爬到锉刀那里，请求他也给些帮助。
但是，锉刀名叫汤姆，他是个非常吝啬的人。
他告诉弗雷德：“你如果想从我这里得到什么，那就太傻了。我总是从别人那里拿东西，却从不给别人任何东西。”
这个故事告诉我们，向吝啬的人寻求帮助是非常愚蠢的。
Once upon a time, there was a viper named Fred.
He sneaked into a blacksmith's shop, hoping that the various tools could give him some help.
The hammer, pliers, and saw in the blacksmith's shop were all willing to help Fred, and they gave him some things.
Then, Fred crawled over to the file and asked for his help as well.
But the file, whose name was Tom, was a very stingy person.
He told Fred, "It would be foolish of you to expect anything from me. I always take things from others but never give anything back."
This story teaches us that it is very foolish to seek help from stingy people.
