Basic instinct (the scorpion and the frog)

Subject: Basic instinct (the scorpion and the frog) Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:34 am

The Scorpion and the Frog

One day, a scorpion looked around at the
mountain where he lived and decided that he wanted a change. So he set
out on a journey through the forests and hills. He climbed over rocks
and under vines and kept going until he reached a river.

The river was wide and swift, and the
scorpion stopped to reconsider the situation. He couldn't see any way
across. So he ran upriver and then checked downriver, all the while
thinking that he might have to turn back.

Suddenly, he saw a frog sitting in the rushes
by the bank of the stream on the other side of the river. He decided to
ask the frog for help getting across the stream.

"Hellooo Mr. Frog!" called the scorpion
across the water, "Would you be so kind as to give me a ride on your
back across the river?"

"Well now, Mr. Scorpion! How do I know that if I try to help you, you wont try to kill me?" asked the frog hesitantly.

"Because," the scorpion replied, "If I try to kill you, then I would die too, for you see I cannot swim!"

Now this seemed to make sense to the frog.
But he asked. "What about when I get close to the bank? You could still
try to kill me and get back to the shore!"

"This is true," agreed the scorpion, "But then I wouldn't be able to get to the other side of the river!"

"Alright then...how do I know you wont just wait till we get to the other side and THEN kill me?" said the frog.

"Ahh...," crooned the scorpion, "Because you
see, once you've taken me to the other side of this river, I will be so
grateful for your help, that it would hardly be fair to reward you with
death, now would it?!"

So the frog agreed to take the scorpion
across the river. He swam over to the bank and settled himself near the
mud to pick up his passenger. The scorpion crawled onto the frog's back,
his sharp claws prickling into the frog's soft hide, and the frog slid
into the river. The muddy water swirled around them, but the frog stayed
near the surface so the scorpion would not drown. He kicked strongly
through the first half of the stream, his flippers paddling wildly
against the current.

Halfway across the river, the frog suddenly
felt a sharp sting in his back and, out of the corner of his eye, saw
the scorpion remove his stinger from the frog's back. A deadening
numbness began to creep into his limbs.

"You fool!" croaked the frog, "Now we shall both die! Why on earth did you do that?"

The scorpion shrugged, and did a little jig on the drownings frog's back.

"I could not help myself. It is my nature."

Then they both sank into the muddy waters of the swiftly flowing river.

Self destruction - "Its my Nature", said the Scorpion...basic instinct

Subject: Re: Basic instinct (the scorpion and the frog) Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:22 am

Nc !I rili lyk it.

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