What is The Scorpion and the Frog?
[[Image:Scorpion and the frog kurzon.png|thumb|right|250px|The frog carrying the scorpion across the water]] '''''The Scorpion and the Frog''''' is a [[fable]]. ''The Scorpion and the Frog'' was first found in Lev Nitoburg's 1933 novel ''The German Quarter''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TWpEAAAAIAAJ|title=Немецкая слобода|date=1933|publisher=Советская литература|others=Lev Nitoburg}}</ref> The fable is about a [[scorpion]] who wants to get across a river. The scorpion sees a [[frog]] and asks the frog if he can carry him across. The frog is worried about this because he doesn't want to be stung. The scorpion then assures the frog that he would not sting him because that would result in the death of both of them. The frog then agrees and helps the scorpion across the river. When they are halfway across the river, the scorpion decides to sting the frog. The frog asks why and the scorpion responds that he couldn't resist because it was in his nature. A common belief of the moral of the fable is that even if it is against their own interests, a violent person will hurt others anyways because they can't help it.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://d-nb.info/1161804765/34|title=Blumenreiche Handelswege: Ost-westliche Streifzüge auf den Spuren der Fabel Der Skorpion und der Frosch|date=March 2011|others=Arata Takeda|doi=10.1007/BF03374756|S2CID=170169337}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{lit-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Scorpion And The Frog}} [[Category:Fables]] [[Category:Fictional frogs]]