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31 The brash gnat
32 The enemy's trumpeter
33 A tortoise dies
34 A doomed man
35 The scorpion stings
36 A wolf finds reasons
37 The stork chooses
38 The tricky wolf
39 A donkey thinks
40 A patient dies
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35. The Scorpion Stings the Helpful Hawk
There once was a scorpion
Stuck at a river
And eager to cross
With some news to deliver.
He cried:
Will some bird
Ferry me in his claws,
I've the soul of a saint
And a heart without flaws!
Then a hawk circled down
Sir,
he cried,
Let me carry
You over, but please don't
do anything scary!
Not me,
said the scorpion,
I've
never
sinned!
So the hawk picked him up
And they flew like the wind.
Then ZANG! that dumb scorpion
Stung the poor guy!
Why'd you do that?
hawk screamed,
Now we'll both have to die!
The scorpion shrugged
with a touch of dismay
It's because I'm a scorpion.
What can I say?
MORAL: Kindness leaves you vulnerable.
from the book Praying Your Story and the forthcoming book Aesop's Best: 80 Fables in Verse by William Cleary
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