Retold from the Aesop's Fables by Brishti
Bandyopadhyay; Illustration by Shinod AP
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A family of crabs lived on the shores of a giant blue
sea. They frolicked in the sands and ate mussels,
clams and other small sea creatures. One day the
mother crab saw a beautiful crane walking about in the
sand, a straight graceful walk in its long reed-like
legs.
"How graceful that crane looks," she thought to
herself. Then she caught sight of her son waddling
towards her and felt very irritated. "And how clumsy
my son is. He is like a moving sack."
"Why do you walk like that?" she snapped, when he came
nearer. "Instead of this awkward one-sided gait, use
your 10 legs to walk straight. And gracefully," she
added.
"How do I walk straight mother?" asked the bewildered
little crab. "I have only known to walk like this."
But his mother insisted he could walk straight, and it
would not be too difficult if he tried. So the little
crab tried, and failed.
"Why don't you show me how to walk straight, mother?"
he told her. "If you show me the straight way, I'm
sure I will catch on."
So the mother tried to show her son how to do the
straight walk, but no matter how hard she tried, she
could not. Her legs did not seem to be suited to
walking straight.
"I give up," she said, panting after several
unsuccessful attempts. "Forget it child, I don't think
nature intended for us to duplicate the crane's walk."
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