People Will be True to Their Nature

There is a story about a frog and a scorpion.

A frog is on the bank of a river about to jump in to cross to the other side. A scorpion sees the frog and says to him, "Hey frog! I see you are going to cross the river. Would you please take me?"
"You must be kidding," says the frog. "If I take you across on my back, you will sting me part way and I will die."
"No I won't," replied the scorpion. "If I did that I would go into the water and drown because I  cannot swim."
The frog thinks about this for a moment and decides that it would be safe to take the scorpion. The scorpion climbs onto the frog's back and they set off across the river.
Just over half way across the scorpion stings the frog.
Incredulously the frog turns to the scorpion just before going under the water. "Why would you do this? Now we will both die!"
"Because," replied the scorpion. "I am a scorpion. It is my nature."

This rather cold tale tells us that we need to be aware of people's nature. Though there are those that will talk their way into your company eventually their true nature will be revealed. Now often this will not be detrimental to you but other times their nature could be devastating.

Kind regards
St.John