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THE FROG AND THE SCORPION a fable told in song lyrics
by Joel Sattler

the frog said to the scorpion
oh please sir let me pass
I need to get across the pond
in this heat I can not last

I am at your mercy sir
I am just a traveller
if you choose to kill me I
can't escape you if I tried

the scorpion said froggie lad
you misjudge me that's your loss
I am not so very bad
I too need to get across

let me climb upon your back
take me over water here
swear to you I'll not attack
for we'd both die, nothing to fear

but halfway through the scorpion
stabbed the frog upon the neck
the drowning frog said what have you done?
the scorpion said:
I'm evil. What did you expect?

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