FABLE
There once was a frog and a scorpion. They were the best of friends, they
spent every day together, as often as they could. One day they were sitting
on the bank of a river together. Out of nowhere there was a flash flood
and the scorpion got washed into the river.
As the scorpion hung on to a twig fighting for his life, he yelled to the frog. “My friend frog, my friend frog, PLEASE help me! Save me or I am surely going to die!”
The frog responded, “Scorpion I would love to save you. You are my best friend in the world. I fear though that if I were to get close enough to save you, you would sting me.”
The scorpion said, “Of course I would never do that! I love you! You are the person who matters most to me in the world! I could never hurt you.”
With that reassurance, the frog waded into the water, grabbed hold of the scorpion and dragged him to shore. Thus saving the scorpions life. As soon as the scorpion realized he was out of harms way, he reached out and stung the frog.
As he laid there dying, the frog cried out, “How could you do that to me? After you say you loved me, you killed me.”
The scorpion
replied, “It is my instinct.”
submitted by Kerry Conway
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