The story of the
heron and the crab
Once upon a time there lived a heron by the side of a
pond. It was a lazy creature and once deivsed a plan to get a supply of fish
without doing much work. So one day, he went to the side of the pond and put
on a gloomy face without attempting to catch any fish. The pond was also
inhabited by a carb, which was wise and often helped the fish in the pond.
On seeing the gloomy heron, the crab asked her what the matter was.
The heron said, "Alas! I am worried that the pond is
going to be soon devoid of any fish, which are in turn my source of food. I
overheard a group of fishermen talking about catching all the fish in this
pond. But I know of a pond somewhat far away, where all the fish shall be
safe. If the fish are interested, i can carry a few each day to the other
pond where they will be safe."
All the fish were eager to make use of the heron in
reaching a safer destination. So everyday some of the them volunteer to go
with the heron. The heron took some fish each day in the beak, and on
reaching a large rock used to eat all the fish up and leave the bones of the
fish at the rock. So she was able to get a continuos supply of fish at no
effort at all. In the end, the curiosity got the better of the crab, and one
day it volunteered to go with the fish. When it had gone closer to the rock,
it realised the foul play the heron had been playing on the poor fish.
Enraged, it tightened its claws around the neck of the heron and snapped the
head of the heron off. The heron this died a selfish death. The crab crept
back to the pond and told all the fish about the lies the heron had been
telling.
MORAL:
Excess of Greed is harmful. |