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The Scorpion and the Frog

So there once was this Scorpion running through the jungle, or where ever the hell a Scorpion lives. He's minding his own business, going about his way, doing his Scorpion thing.

All of a sudden, he stumbles upon a big ass pond. So the Scorpion thinks to himself: "Damn, I need to get to the other side, but I can't swim worth shit! If I wander out too far and it gets too deep, I'm going to drown and die!"

And of course, the Scorpion is way too lazy to walk around the pond, thus he just sits there, staring at the vast expanse, wondering what the hell he's going to do.

Then he sees this Frog, happily hopping about the edge of the pond.

"Hey Froggie!" yells the Scorpion.

"What?!?!" alarmingly replies the Frog.

"Come here! I want to talk to you!"

"No way!! If I get too close, you're going to sting me and I'm going to die!"

"Hey! I'm not going to sting you. I just need some help getting across this big ass pond. How about I hop on your head and you swim me across?"

"No way!!!! If I get too close, you're going to sting me and I'm going to die!!!!"

"Hey!! I'm not going to sting you! If I do, then how the hell am I going to get across?? Just help me out here and I'll owe you a favor."

So the Frog thinks about it for a while. Having a Scorpion in your debt does sound rather appealling. Thus, the Frog innocently hops his way over to the Scorpion.

"Ok," says the Frog. "Get on my head. But watch that stinger of yours! If you sting me while we're trying to cross, I'm going to die and you're going to drown."

"Hey! Calm down. I'm not going to sting you!"

And off they go, across the pond, Scorpion and Frog together as one. They even manage to get half way across the pond when without warning, provocation, or cause, the Scorpion stings the Frog.

"Ahhh!!!" frantically yells the Frog. "Now i'm going to die and you're going to drown!!! Why did you do that?!?!"

Rather calmly, the Scorpion replies "Well... because... I'm a Scorpion... It's in my nature."