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The Scorpion and the frog

A scorpion asks a frog to carry him across a river on its back. The frog hesitates out of fear that the scorpion will sting him.

The scorpion argues that if he stings the frog in the middle of the river, they will both drown, so it wouldn’t make sense for him to do so.

The frog agrees and allows the scorpion on its back. Halfway across the river, however, the scorpion does indeed sting the frog.

As they are both about to drown, the frog asks why the scorpion stung him when it would mean his demise as well.

The scorpion replies “It’s my nature.”

Moral lesson is that vicious people will always be vicious and they will never change.