The Sting of a Scorpion

The Sting of A Scorpion

This story is about a boy named Patrick who disobeyed his parents. At the age of seven, Patrick and his parents went of a camping trip in the desert. Patrick's parents always warned him to wear his shoes so that his feet can be protected from any harm. The morning of the camping trip. Patrick wanted to go for a walk but he was too lazy to put on his actual shoes that he convinced himself that flip-flops were considered proper footwear. So on him little walk. Patrick felt a sting in the arc of his foot and as he looked down he saw it was a scorpion that stung him. His leg hurt with excruciating pain that he began to yell out for the help of his parents. When his parents found him they began their two-hour drive to the nearest hospital and to their relieve the doctor said that the only people that would be affected bt the scorpion sting would be small infants. Within 24 hours, the pain in Patrick's leg had disappeared thanks to a type of medicine that the doctor gave him. In the end Patrick learned to always so the right thing and follow orders.