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Originally shared by miri dunn

The Fable of the Porcupine

There once was a winter so cold that many animals succumbed to the frost and died alone. But the porcupines decided to come together to keep each other warm, even though the quills of each one wounded those closest to them.

After a while, they decided to distance themselves from each other but they, too, began to die, alone and frozen. So they made a choice: to accept the quills of their companions and live with the small wounds caused by the close relationship with one another in order to receive the warmth that comes from being together.