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