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Aesop's Fables: The Two Crabs

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Aesop

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The Two Crabs

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

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

The moral is: Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.

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