The Malignant and a Malignant 1 & 1/2 is a story of a baby frog and a vicious viper who perceived himself to be wiser and more cunning since he believed that he was known to be the slyest snake among all other snakes, yet he was not aware that there could be someone a little bit more cunning than him. At the end, he finally acknowledged the reality around him; unfortunately for him, it was too late to avoid the disaster that he created himself, since he could not believe that something smaller than him could outdo him. The author wrote this story to give children a moral of life.