The Bees of War.

[plutherus]

If a child gets stung by a hornet and starts crying, many of the nearby people will feel sorry for him, and maybe see if they can help somehow.

When they catch him hitting a hornet's nest with a stick, while still feeling sorry for his pain, try to point out a relationship between the action and the result.

The second time, they feel a little less sorry for him.

The tenth time they see him hitting a hornet's nest with a stick, they start to root for the hornets.

Comments

and the cockroaches, too

[amritarosa.livejournal.com]

I sit satisfied knowing that it's all just a matter of time....those hornets will still be here when humans have long gone. The little crawly things that run the world continue their business unconcerned with both the little boy with the stick and the big boy with his missiles. Sad but true. Wanna be on the winning team? Root for the bugs.