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Scorpion

When I was very young
I heard a story of a princess
She was someone
That enjoyed pain of others

She was beautiful and powerful
She had many knights 
Whishing her hand in marriage 
But she did not care for any of them

Her expression was cold as stone
And her heart did not have a drop of love
In addition she enjoyed hurting people
Animals and games of bloody spectacles

She decided that only man she would marry
Would be the one who won a tournament
Tournament in which knights would fight
As the tournament began 

She calmly watched as knights 
Tore each other to pieces 
All for her amusement
Yet still 

She had neither pity nor love
For any of them
One of the warriors came from the east
He was very handsome

He fought very bravely
Like a lion
But his expression was such
That even knights defeated by him held no grudge 

The princess was amazed by his performance
And she actually started to care for him
When he won the tournament
She went down the tower with biting heart

And her cold expression was gone
She was ready to give him her hand in marriage
But to her surprise 
He did not want her




Because he knew what kind of person 
She was
This is how the story ends
Knight returned home with his honor

And princes who was antagonist 
In this story was left with noting
However in real life things go little different
For example

Most likely winner of the tournament
Would take the princesses hand in marriage
Because she was very rich
And if he didn’t

She would have had him killed 
In real life when someone goes out on a limb
They usually end up one who is hurt
Makers of Concord supersonic plane for example

Were unable to use their jet  
Because of technical problems 
As well as financial
And they were the lucky ones

Still I admire the knight
Although speaking from my own experience
It is very difficult to go out on a limb
And I don’t have a lion like will and courage

But to those who would try to punish me
I will be like a scorpion
Small and seemingly week
But that will sting like hot knife if someone tries to step on it

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