Reading Notes: Cunning Crane and the Crab, Part B

The Cunning Crane and The Fishes (Source: Archive)

Focus Story from Part B: The Cunning Crane and the Crab

Bibliography. "The Cunning Crane and the Crab" From The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India by W. H. D. Rouse. Websource.

Premise: The fishes live in a little pool that began to become really hot while a crane lives by another lake that has always been cool. 

1. The crane offers to move the fishes one by one to the other pool but the fishes are suspicious as they suspect the crane would just eat them.

2. An old fish with one eye offers to go first to check if the cool lake is real. The crane brings the old fish to the cool lake and brings him back to tell the other fishes.

3. The old fish tells the other fish that the lake is real, convincing them to trust the crane.

5. Little did the fishes know, the crane is tricking them. One by one, the crane carries them toward the other lake. However, the crane eats them each time.

6. The crane eats all of them. In the end, there was only a crab left.

7. The crane tries to fool the crab as well. On the way towards the cool lake, the crane tries to eat it but the crab uses his claws to grasp the crane's neck. The crab threatens to kill the crane if he did not drop him into the cool lake.

Ending: The crane listens to the crab. The crab safely arrives in the cool lake.

Thoughts: This reminds me of a scene from Finding Nemo. I think it is impressive that the crab was able to physically threatened the crane. In the end, it worked out for the crab which is a pretty happy ending.