The Scorpion Short Story

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There is this children’s story about a scorpion and a turtle that goes like this: Once upon a time there was a scorpion and a turtle. The scorpion needed to get across the river the turtle lived in and so he went up to the turtle and asked him for a ride. The turtle shook his head, “No way if I give you a ride across you’ll sting me!”. The scorpion countered with, “If I do that then we will both drown.” The turtle saw the logic in this and allowed the scorpion ride across on his back. About halfway across the scorpion stung the turtle and as they both went down the turtle exclaimed, “Why would you do that now we’re both going to die!!” and the scorpion shrugged, “I’m sorry it’s in my

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