A Crab Story
A Crab Story
This is a story about crabs, with a very simple lesson for you and me. It is said that many many years ago, the animals that lived near the water noticed something strange about the crabs, “the crabs walk sideways,” Said the frogs.”Poor crabs!” they cried out. “They don’t know how to walk straight.” “It’s not good when you can’t walk straight,” the turtles added. “That’s why these crabs keep bumping into things.” The animals had a long discussion. Finally, they decided to hold a class every Sunday to teach crabs to walk straight. Sunday came, and the crabs came to class eager to learn. The crabs listened well to their teachers. Before the class ended, the crabs could walk as straight as all the other animals. Not only that, the crabs together learned how to march in line following the commands of the teacher. The crabs promised to return to class next Sunday. And each crab went back home---walking straight. When the next Sunday came, the crabs returned. But … they came to class walking sideways!
The frogs, the turtles, and the other animals were disappointed. It meant the crabs would have to learn all over again. So they taught the crabs would have to learn all over again. So they taught the crabs once more how to walk straight. The crabs listened eagerly, carefully obeying the steps their teachers taught them. They marched and did drills again. Then each crab went home, walking straight as could be. The third Sunday the crabs returned, and there they were---walking sideways once more! This went on for many Sundays. Every Sunday the animals were happy, and the crabs were happy as they went home walking straight. But when they came back, the crabs were sad, stumbling and walking sideways again. One Sunday after class, the frogs decided to follow the crabs as they walked straight back to their homes. All week the frogs secretly followed the crabs around. Then the frogs called a meeting to talk with the other animals about what they found out. It was
This is a story about crabs, with a very simple lesson for you and me. It is said that many many years ago, the animals that lived near the water noticed something strange about the crabs, “the crabs walk sideways,” Said the frogs.”Poor crabs!” they cried out. “They don’t know how to walk straight.” “It’s not good when you can’t walk straight,” the turtles added. “That’s why these crabs keep bumping into things.” The animals had a long discussion. Finally, they decided to hold a class every Sunday to teach crabs to walk straight. Sunday came, and the crabs came to class eager to learn. The crabs listened well to their teachers. Before the class ended, the crabs could walk as straight as all the other animals. Not only that, the crabs together learned how to march in line following the commands of the teacher. The crabs promised to return to class next Sunday. And each crab went back home---walking straight. When the next Sunday came, the crabs returned. But … they came to class walking sideways!
The frogs, the turtles, and the other animals were disappointed. It meant the crabs would have to learn all over again. So they taught the crabs would have to learn all over again. So they taught the crabs once more how to walk straight. The crabs listened eagerly, carefully obeying the steps their teachers taught them. They marched and did drills again. Then each crab went home, walking straight as could be. The third Sunday the crabs returned, and there they were---walking sideways once more! This went on for many Sundays. Every Sunday the animals were happy, and the crabs were happy as they went home walking straight. But when they came back, the crabs were sad, stumbling and walking sideways again. One Sunday after class, the frogs decided to follow the crabs as they walked straight back to their homes. All week the frogs secretly followed the crabs around. Then the frogs called a meeting to talk with the other animals about what they found out. It was