The Boy Hunting Locusts

A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number, when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust, reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting, said: “If you had but touched me, my friend, you would have lost me, and all your locusts too!

Vocabulary Help

• hunt – caçar
• locust – gafanhoto
• catch (catch, caught, caught) – pegar
• see (see, saw, seen) – ver
• mistake – confundir, tomar por
• reach out – estender (a mão)
• sting – ferrão