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De naturalezas inevitables

2007-01-15

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A scorpion, being a very poor swimmer, asked a turtle to carry him on his

back across a river. "Are you At least I'm true to myself mad?" exclaimed

the turtle. "You'll sting me while I'm swimming and I'll drown."

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"My dear turtle," laughed the scorpion, "if I were to sting you, you would

drown and I would go down with you. Now where is the logic in that?"

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"You're right!" cried the turtle. "Hop on!" The scorpion climbed aboard

and halfway across the river gave the turtle a mighty sting. As they both

sank to the bottom, the turtle resignedly said:

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"Do you mind if I ask you something? You said there'd be no logic in your

stinging me. Why did you do it?"

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"It has nothing to do with logic," the drowning scorpion sadly replied.

"It's just my character."

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disclaimer: mi misticismo oriental lo saco de Usagi Yojimbo [1] y similares, aunque en este caso, he copipasteado de Snopes [2].