Meow and I were talking about people, about whether people can change their ways of life if they had it a long time. She related a story, a familiar one that you may know as well.
(The story may not be accurate coz I am writing it based on recollection.)
There was a scorpion who asked a turtle to ride its back to cross the other side of the river. The turtle said no, saying that the scorpion would sting him with his venom, and he would die. The scorpion then said that if he did so, he too would die from drowning when the turtle stops swimming.With this logic, the turtle allowed the scorpion to climb his back and rest on his shell, as he swam the river.
Nearing the riverside, the scorpion stung the turtle. In his dying breath, the turtle asked why, and the scorpion replied that he can't help it. It's his nature. So they both died.
Hearing the story, I think I heard of it before coz it's so familiar, and I must have somehow forgotten it. I still feel sorry for the turtle.
Then I remembered a story of the snake I read in a Filipino textbook when I was a kid.
There was a man who found a sick, injured snake. He took the snake to his house where his family lived. He cared for the snake, cured and fed it.
Eventually, the snake grew healthy. The man went out for a while. When he returned he saw the snake, just about to strike his small child. He took his bolo and killed it with with one blow on the head before it bites his child.
Normally stories in our books have a moral. It could be about respect, diligence, honesty and all that stuff. It normally has a wise quote there for us to interpret.
This one had something that ran along the line about never trusting a snake or snakes are traitors. Back then, I did not understand the point of the story. Only later when I was older that I realized that it's a metaphor. Hahaha!
So, do I trust people who seem to be, by nature, evil or have been evil or who was raised in an evil environment. I am not sure, really. So far, no encounters yet. So what was the point of this post? It has no moral or point, I think. Or maybe it does.
(The story may not be accurate coz I am writing it based on recollection.)
There was a scorpion who asked a turtle to ride its back to cross the other side of the river. The turtle said no, saying that the scorpion would sting him with his venom, and he would die. The scorpion then said that if he did so, he too would die from drowning when the turtle stops swimming.With this logic, the turtle allowed the scorpion to climb his back and rest on his shell, as he swam the river.
Nearing the riverside, the scorpion stung the turtle. In his dying breath, the turtle asked why, and the scorpion replied that he can't help it. It's his nature. So they both died.
Hearing the story, I think I heard of it before coz it's so familiar, and I must have somehow forgotten it. I still feel sorry for the turtle.
Then I remembered a story of the snake I read in a Filipino textbook when I was a kid.
There was a man who found a sick, injured snake. He took the snake to his house where his family lived. He cared for the snake, cured and fed it.
Eventually, the snake grew healthy. The man went out for a while. When he returned he saw the snake, just about to strike his small child. He took his bolo and killed it with with one blow on the head before it bites his child.
Normally stories in our books have a moral. It could be about respect, diligence, honesty and all that stuff. It normally has a wise quote there for us to interpret.
This one had something that ran along the line about never trusting a snake or snakes are traitors. Back then, I did not understand the point of the story. Only later when I was older that I realized that it's a metaphor. Hahaha!
So, do I trust people who seem to be, by nature, evil or have been evil or who was raised in an evil environment. I am not sure, really. So far, no encounters yet. So what was the point of this post? It has no moral or point, I think. Or maybe it does.
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