And now I’m going to tell you about a scorpion. A scorpion wanted to cross a river, so he asked a frog to carry him.
« No« , said the frog. « No, thank you. If I let you on my back you may sting me, and the sting of the scorpion means death.
– Now where« , asked the scorpion, « is the logic of that? No scorpion could be judged illogical. If I sting you, you will die – I will drown.«
The frog was convinced and allowed the scorpion on his back, but just in the middle of the river he felt a terrible pain and realized that after all the scorpion had stung him.
« Logic » cried the dying frog, as he started under, bearing the scorpion down with him. « There is no logic in this.
– I know« , said the scorpion, « but I can’t help it – it’s my character.«
First published the 21st of February, 2005 on http://achernar.over-blog.com/article-129350.html.
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