I love the story of the crane and the crab! It starts off with a small pond full of fish that is drying up in the summer heat. This crane sees this and plans a way to eat all of these fish. One of the fish asks him what he is thinking and convinces them that he wants to take them to a larger pond where they will have more room. The fish are obviously skeptical, but the clever crane agrees to show one of them the pond and bring him back to assure all of the other fish. Sure enough they all trust him and one by one are taken to a tree where he kills them and eats them. When no fish are left in the small pond the crane seeks out a crab that is still living there. The crab is skeptical of the crane as well and only agrees to go if he can hold on to the cranes neck on the trip over. This is where the crane gets tricked and lets him ride while holding onto his neck with one of the crab’s claws. When the crane tries to make his move the crab lops off his head. Karma is so sweet! This story could be told by using different animals or switching the animal’s roles in the story. I could also make the character backstabbing humans rather then flesh-eating animals. There are a lot of ways that I could go with this story that would be a lot of fun.
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