Fables

Today, I wanted to share two fables that I found interesting.

The Scorpion and the Frog

One day, a scorpion meets a frog near a stream. The scorpion asks, "Can you carry me across the stream?" The frog replies, "How do I know you won't sting me?" Then, the scorpion says, "Because if I do, I will die too." The frog likes his answer and decides to give him the ride across the stream. As they were in midstream, the scorpion stings the frog. Just before they were about to drown, the frog asks, "Why did you do it?" The scorpion says, "It's my nature."

The moral of this story is don't be surprised by someone's actions. If it has always been their nature, why would you expect any different. 

The Farmer and the Viper

One winter a farmer found a viper frozen and numb with cold, and out of pity picked it up and placed it in his bosom. The viper was no sooner revived by the warmth. Not too long after he turned on the farmer and inflicted a fatal bite upon him. As the poor farmer was dying, he cried, "I have only got what I deserved, for taking compassion on so villainous a creature."

The moral of this story is that the greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful. Another way to put this is kindness is thrown away upon the evil.