Beware the crocodile's instincts

[CHIMO]

If you've had your fill of lists and look-backs, linger awhile for a year-end fable.

It's called The Frog and Crocodile. It wasn't written with Canadian politics in mind, but somehow it fits.

There once was a frog who longed to cross a fast-flowing river filled with snakes. He hopped along the bank, searching for a fallen log or narrow point, but found nothing. After many days, a crocodile appeared. He listened sympathetically to the frog's story, then offered him a ride.

"You'd eat me, or leave me in the water where the snakes would eat me," the frog said. The crocodile insisted his motives were benign. "If you're worried, ride on my tail."

http://www.thestar.com/comment/columnists/article/559929

What a nice way to see 2009! Guess it is what we have to wallow through this year.

[gula]

1. Too sad, too true

Amazed this was posted by the Toronto Sun.