Snake, the first owner of fire. <br />Dog, the robber of fire. <br />Man the last owner of fire. <br />The snake gave birth first to fire. <br />Thus fire, the first born of snake. <br />Thus snake, only owner of fire long ago. <br />One cold evening <br />The man dying of coldness <br />The dog seen it master dying of coldness <br />It went to snake house and begged <br />The snake, the mother of fire to let <br />It tail get warm of fire <br />The snake cordially welcomed the dog <br />The dog twisted it tail on fire <br />The tail caught the fire <br />The dog jumped over the snake in door <br />Ran quickly to it master, the man <br />The man took the grass and wood <br />And lit up the fire <br />The fire lit up in man’s house <br />And it extinguished in snake’s house <br />The snake come to get fire back <br />But the man attack the snake <br />The hostility between man and snake <br />Began then<br /><br />David Aoloch Bion<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-cause-of-enmity-between-snake-and-man/
