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The tortoise exclaimed, “Are you joking? You’ll sting me while I’m swimming and I’ll drown.”

“My dear tortoise,” laughed the scorpion, “If I were to sting you, you would drown and I’d go down with you! Now, where is logic in that?”

“__________,” reasoned the tortoise. “Hop on.”

The scorpion climbed aboard and the tortoise set off into the water. Halfway across the pond, the scorpion carefully aimed his powerful stinger and stung the tortoise.

As they both sank to the bottom, the tortoise turned to the scorpion and said, “Do you mind if I ask you something? You said there was no logic in you stinging me. So why did you do it?”

“It has nothing to do with logic,” the drowning scorpion replied. “It’s just my nature!”

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Правильный ответ: You’ve got a point there. – В том, что ты говоришь, есть свой резон. Здесь point – важная мысль, заслуживающее внимание замечание.