Aesop's Fables-The Young Crab and His Mother

   This is a very interesting story from Aesop's fables. In every Aesop's fables, there must a lesson for us. We consider that as the moral of the story at the end.

         The Young Crab and His Mother 

The Young Crab and his Mother

   One day a mother crab and her son, a little crab were walking on a beach. 

"Why in the world do you walk sideways like that?" said a Mother Crab to her son. "You should always walk straight forward with your toes turned out." 

"Show me how to walk, mother dear," answered the little Crab obediently, "I want to learn." 

   So the old Crab tried and tried to walk straight forward. But she could walk sideways only, like her son. And when she wanted to turn her toes out she tripped and fell on her nose.



Moral of the Story: Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.






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