Deadly is his sting
Especially vulnerable are children
Always shake out your boots
To make sure he's not in there
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well, Kim, i like 'Nature and would usually not harm an animal who didn't harm me first, BUT you paint such a nasty picture (as well as posting a picture) of this critter that i would be tempted to.................. shake MY shoes out, one by one, and if from one a scorpion does run, crush it under said shoes right away, OR else she may sting ME to death another day! bri :)
I honestly have no memory of this poem, though I seem to have left a comment! It could not be that I am getting old, COULD it! ? ? YIKES Your poem is a welcome warning. I now shake shoes each morning. Kill me it can, but still I will resist. Even from injuring, I shall desist... Since it looks so much like my mom. Bri :))