The Scorpion And The Frog: An Exercise in Empathy

If you want a book that is hysterically fun to read, insightful into human nature, and that really makes you understand empathy and how to be empathic, and that is enjoyed by the adult and the middle schooler alike, then this is the unique book for you.What if you retold a story -- a 6-sentence Aesop-like fable we all heard as children -- and changed no facts nor details in the story... but you just add in a backstory that, knowing these facts, creates a completely different story? And what if you did this a few dozen times, each of which tells a completely different backstory, and thus each time revealing different emotions and different sides of the human experience? And each retelling was both fun and gets to different parts of the human soul?This is precisely what The Scorpion & The Frog: An Exercise in Empathy does. And by doing so, it makes you internalize the key lesson of empathy: that behaviors you see in other people which feel crazy or wrong to you, well, when you know what the other person does (but you don't), it can paint a completely different story.Each of the retellings of the brief and final adventure of the scorpion and the frog takes a different turn and each one elucidates a different part of the human experience. Whether you're looking for thought-provoking, enjoyable stories, or to help yourself practice understanding how other's experiences will always be invisible to you, then this is the book for you.