An interesting story derived from eastern philosophy:
One day a scorpion was trapped on the shore of a river, and he needed to get to the other side.
He asked a frog he saw swimming out in the water to come get him and take him across. The frog refused.
“You are a scorpion,” the frog said. “If I take you on my back, you’ll sting me.”
The scorpion said that was foolish, of course he wouldn’t sting him because then he would drown in the river and die, too.
The frog thought about it, and agreed that it wouldn’t make sense.
He let the scorpion on his back, and then started paddling across the river. When the frog was halfway out, the scorpion stung him.
As the frog was dying and they both began to slip under the water, he asked the scorpion why he did it.
“It’s my nature. I am a scorpion,” he said. “And scorpions sting.”
He asked a frog he saw swimming out in the water to come get him and take him across. The frog refused.
“You are a scorpion,” the frog said. “If I take you on my back, you’ll sting me.”
The scorpion said that was foolish, of course he wouldn’t sting him because then he would drown in the river and die, too.
The frog thought about it, and agreed that it wouldn’t make sense.
He let the scorpion on his back, and then started paddling across the river. When the frog was halfway out, the scorpion stung him.
As the frog was dying and they both began to slip under the water, he asked the scorpion why he did it.
“It’s my nature. I am a scorpion,” he said. “And scorpions sting.”
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