Monday, May 12, 2008

A crab and a scorpion meet one day...

One day, a little scorpion is walking along the beach and sees a girl. The girl is filling up an empty jar with sea water. She sees the scorpion and says hello. The scorpion stops and says hello back. Day after day, the scorpion would see the girl and day after day, the girl would talk to it. Soon, the two are close friends.

The scorpion confesses to the girl that it is lonely. The girl tells the scorpion that she knows a nice little crab that would make a nice friend for the scorpion. The scorpion is doubtful and says that it has been hurt in the past and finds it difficult to trust. However, the girl is insistent and so, a few days later, the girl introduces the crab to the scorpion.

The crab is very sweet and friendly and the scorpion finds that it is very much drawn to the crab. Not long after that, the two become very, very close. The two enjoy the other's company immensely. But a few months later, the crab and the scorpion begin to argue with each other. At first, it was just minor arguments but those minor arguments soon escalated into full-blown drama.

Though both have thick, hard shells, the scorpion couldn't help but feel the pinch of the crab's claws. Likewise, the crab often felt the scorpion's sting. The scorpion and the crab still cared deeply about the other, so they decided to talk out whatever problems they were having. After an emotional discussion, the crab and the scorpion promised each other that they would try their hardest to understand each other more. The crab promised to not use its claws anymore and the scorpion, in turn, promised not to sting the crab anymore.

To this day, the crab and the scorpion, though so different in so many ways, are still very, very close. The two still argue, but they always talk it through after.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

So why is the little girl filling a jar with sea water?