ACT FOUR
OF TALES AND FABLES
The forest animal run away when they see the Dragon's shadow. The hares swiftly hide under their forms, the monkeys gecker and stay close to the trees. The runaway sheep does not know why the animals cower at the sight of a shadow.
But she knows that she must protect her lamb.
She tries to follow the hare and the monkeys and the bears, but all bend at the shadow of the dragon.
And the dragon feasts on sheep and lamb alike.
To the animals of the forest, the dragon is the blackest of all creatures. But when you are born with sharp teeth, you must use it.
Once upon a time, there was a dragon and a scorpion, they both needed to cross the narrow sea. The scorpion sits atop the dragon, and asks: dragon, may I ride your saddle? I need to cross the narrow sea. But then the dragon breathes her fire and says: No scorpion, you may not for you are a scorpion and your nature is to sting.
The scorpion shakes his head and says: Silly dragon, why would I bite you? I need to cross the narrow sea too, and if I bite you, we will both fall into the ocean. For the first time, the dragon does not follow rational thought, she allows the scorpion to ride her saddle. And when they were about to land in Dragonstone, the scorpion stings the dragon. She says: I trusted you scorpion? Why betray me?
- and the scorpion laughs: I am a scorpion and my nature is to sting. You cannot change an animal's nature.
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