Scorpion and the fox

I'm scanning old letters for a project. And getting pissed off. I say, "why was he such a dick to me?" Geoff says, "because he was dick. Have you ever heard of the scorpion and the fox?"


Here it is told as a frog...

 The Scorpion and the Frog

  A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and the 
scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back. The 
frog asks, "How do I know you won't sting me?" The scorpion 
says, "Because if I do, I will die too."

  The frog is satisfied, and they set out, but in midstream,
the scorpion stings the frog. The frog feels the onset of 
paralysis and starts to sink, knowing they both will drown,
but has just enough time to gasp "Why?" 

  Replies the scorpion: "Its my nature..."

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