予鄉王蒲令之僕呂奉寧，性嗜蛇。每得小蛇，則全吞之，如啖蔥狀。大者，以刀寸寸斷之，始掬以食。嚼之錚錚，血水沾頤。且善嗅，嘗隔牆聞蛇香，急奔牆外，果得蛇盈尺。時無佩刀，先噬其頭，尾尚蜿蜒於口際。
予乡王蒲令之仆吕奉宁，性嗜蛇。每得小蛇，则全吞之，如啖葱状。大者，以刀寸寸断之，始掬以食。嚼之铮铮，血水沾颐。且善嗅，尝隔墙闻蛇香，急奔墙外，果得蛇盈尺。时无佩刀，先噬其头，尾尚蜿蜒于口际。
Lü Fengning, servant to Mr. Wang of my home district, who had been magistrate of Pu, had a craving for snakes. Whenever he caught a small one he swallowed it whole, as if he were eating a scallion. A big one he cut up inch by inch with a knife, then scooped up the pieces in his hands and ate them. They crunched as he chewed, and bloody juice ran down his chin. He had a keen nose, too. Once he smelled snake through a wall, ran round to the other side, and there, sure enough, was a snake a full foot long. He had no knife on him that time, so he bit into its head first, while its tail still writhed at the corner of his mouth.