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jmowreader

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4. I much prefer the alternate version of that tale
Thu Mar 30, 2017, 03:14 PM
Mar 2017

A scorpion approached a frog near the bank of a wide river.

"Mr. Frog," said the scorpion, "I must get to the other side of the river. If you give me a ride on your back, I will give you a nice reward when we get there."

"Why should I believe you?" asked the frog. "You'll just sting me in the middle of the river, and I'll drown."

"Nonsense," replied the scorpion. "If I did that I'd drown too."

Satisfied with this answer, the frog let the scorpion on his back. He jumped into the river, swam about ten feet offshore...and dove straight to the bottom!

"Why the hell did you do that?" screamed the scorpion. "Now I will surely drown!"

The frog yelled back, "Do you think I don't know you're still a scorpion?"

The moral of this story is, When someone tells you who they are - believe them.

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