A scorpion¹ and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and the
scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back. The
frog asks, "How do I know you won't sting me?" The scorpion
says, "Because if I do, I will die too."

  The frog is satisfied, and they set out, but in midstream,
the scorpion stings the frog. The frog feels the onset² of
paralysis³ and starts to sink, knowing they both will drown,
but has just enough time to gasp⁴ "Why?"

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