Deux (arranging various small plastic figures): So the king told the soldiers that if they were afraid of the frogs, then the frogs would hurt them, but if they weren't afraid of the frogs, then the frogs wouldn't hurt them. But actually, if they were afraid of the frogs then the frogs wouldn't hurt them and if they weren't afraid of the frogs then the frogs would hurt them.
Me: So, ummm, what happened then?
Deux: Well, they believed what the king said that if they weren't afraid of the frogs they wouldn't hurt them so they weren't afraid of the frogs, but it was really the other way around where if they weren't afraid of the frogs the frogs would hurt them, so the frogs hurt them.
3 comments:
This is wonderful. In a rather creepy sort of way :)
Yeah, I'm pretty scared of frogs now. Although I guess that means they won't hurt me . . . .
All I can think is, "Whatever knows fear, burns at the Man-Thing's touch!"
Man-Thing being a hideous swamp monster (from early 70s comics) who was perfectly harmless unless, of course, you were afraid...
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