Reading Notes
The Cunning Crane and the Crab
This story was probably my favorite of all of the stories. I am not exactly too sure why that is, but maybe it is because i have a pond right by my house and could picture a crane sitting there and eating the fish. The common theme between all the stories is deception, and the fish in this particular story were deceived by the crane. The story says a lot about desperation, and how when you are at your lowest point, in this case for the fishes near death due to the pool drying, that you will trust anyone to help you out of that hole. It shows that we do not look twice to see if the person helping us is trying to take advantage of us, or is really doing it out of the kindness of their hearts. I like how the crab knew from the very beginning what was happening and was able to see through the crane. It was also interesting how the crab did not think twice about the crab getting on his back, and shows that sometimes greed and ego can take over ones self. In the crane's case, his ego was through the roof because he felt like he just deceived an entire colony of fish and was unbeatable, but in doing so his ego caught up to him and pushed him away from using logic, just because he had been on a large winning streak. The greed caught up to the crane because he kept wanting more and more. I really enjoyed this particular story, as well as the image that was provided.
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