<P> The Scorpion and the Frog is an animal fable that seems to have first emerged in 1954 . On account of its dark morality, there have been many references to it since then in popular culture, including in notable films, television shows, and books . </P> <P> A scorpion asks a frog to carry it across a river . The frog hesitates, afraid of being stung, but the scorpion argues that if it did so, they would both drown . Considering this, the frog agrees, but midway across the river the scorpion does indeed sting the frog, dooming them both . When the frog asks the scorpion why, the scorpion replies that it was in its nature to do so . </P> <P> Though the fable is recent, its outlook that certain natures cannot be reformed was common in ancient times, as in Aesop's fable of The Farmer and the Viper . Here the snake's reply indicates that what is fundamentally vicious will not change . </P> <P> The origin of the fable is somewhat uncertain . One of the earliest known appearances of the fable is in the 1954 script of Orson Welles' film Mr. Arkadin . Although there are similarities with the fable of The Frog and the Mouse, the story here has more in common with later variants in which a scorpion appears that emerged in Asia during the Middle Ages, notably a story about a tortoise and scorpion . </P>

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