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The Frog and the Scorpion

In The Crying Game, a doomed British solider tells his IRA captor the story of the frog and the scorpion.  The scorpion asks the frog for a ride across the river but the frog refuses.  "You'll sting me and I will die," he says.  "That doesn't make sense," argues the scorpion, "because I can't swim and if I kill you I'll die too."  The frog thought about it and decided it made sense so he agreed.  But halfway across the frog felt that sharp stab of the scorpion's tale.  "Why?  Why?" he gasped with his last breath.  "It's my nature, "responded the scorpion.

Seek good.
Do good.
But be wise, beware the scorpion.

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