Just cuz you’re nice, doesn’t make you a fool: an old folktale
aka The Scorpion and The Tortoise (told in haiku)
river rushes by
scorpion asks for a ride
kindly tortoise nods
tap tap on the shell
“what are you doing up there?”
“trying to sting you”
shrugs, “it’s my nature”
“idiot” says the tortoise
diving down, “bye bye”
haiku by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
References:
| Creative Random Word Generator Site where you can randomly generate 1-8 words. It’s also has some word mind games on the dropdown menu if you want some brain exercise. The tweening games looks interesting. I changed the setting to 1 and got Scorpion.The Scorpion and the Tortoise and other folktales about unnatural partnerships edited by D. L. Ashliman, University of PittsburghImage: I changed the photograph a bit in Photoshop but used 2 photographs as a base:
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Some folk tales on Amazon:
Favorite Folktales from Around the World |
American Tall Tales |
Kalila wa Dimna, Vol. 1: – Fables of Friendship and Betrayal from the Panchatantra, Jatakas, Bidpai, Kalilah wa Dimnah and Lights of Canopus |
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition |
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