Once, there was a boy. He had a very strange hobby. He was very fond of collecting insects. These insects included bugs, locusts and so on. His days after school were spent in collecting these insects. He used to keep these insects in a bag. After taking them home, he used to put them in a box. One day, he was collecting locusts. After several hours, he collected many of them. Suddenly, he saw a scorpion. He mistook it for a locust. He picked the scorpion up. But the scorpion, showing his sting, said “I am a scorpion, beware! If you had but touched me, my friend, you would have died and lost all your locusts too!” The boy thanked his stars for the narrow escape and went away.
The Boy and the Scorpion
