(White Crane: Pixabay)
- The crane tricked all the fish in the a dry pond to agree to let them into the crane's big, beautiful lake, but instead, they all got eaten. The crab, however, senses the slyness of the crane and makes a tricky deal of holding onto the crane's neck instead of his mouth during the duration of the transport. The crane reveals his true intentions, but the crab already has the crane's neck at the mercy of his claw and demands to be put into the lake in exchange for the crane's life. The crane complies only to be killed anyway by the crab.
- I love a good story with justice! Bad people will always get what they deserve, even if it's in a less harmful way.
- The crab eventually gets everything he wants: the hydrating lake and the crane gone.
- I wonder why the crab didn't warn the fishes more? Maybe he wanted to use them as pawns? I'm not really sure.
- The fish knew that cranes had bad intentions but was desperate that they agreed to the crane's plan and the worst part is that they chose a old, disabled person to go with the crane first. Hello, discrimination at it's finest!
Bibliography
- The Cunning Crane and the Crab by W.H.D. Rouse (https://sites.google.com/view/jatakas/crane-and-crab)
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