By: Rouse Jatakas, W.H.D. (William Henry Denham)
- a crane sees a one-eyed fish in a pool and instantly knows that he wants to eat it
- crane lies to fish and offers to carry the fish to a nicer, cooler pond due to the heat
- crane does end up bringing the fish to the pond and then proceeds to bring the fish back to the pool, where the fish tells of his experience with the crane to all the others
- the other fish in the pool then want to be taken to the pond as well, begging the crane to take them
- the crane decides that because the one-eyed fish trusted him before he knew it was the truth, he deserved to be the first to get out of the pool
- the crane follows through with his plan this time around and doesn't let the one-eyed fish into the water once having reached the pond
- crane pecked the only eye that the fish has out and then proceeds to kill and eat him
- fish after fish the crane promised to take them to the pool and kills and eats them when getting there
- once there are no more fish, the crane discovers a crab and decides to invite the crab to come to the lake with him
- the crab begins to outsmart the crane, asking to ride on the cranes neck with his claws instead of his beak
- the crane reveals his plan to eat the crab; however, the crab proves that he has outsmarted the crane and could kill him if he'd like to
- even after the crane had done as the crab demanded, the crab proceeds to nip the crane's head off, causing the crane to lose to his own filthy game
photo information:
W. Robinson in the story The Cunning Crane and the Crab
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