The Crab And Its Mother

Aesop Fable - The Crab And Its Mother

A Crab said to her son: "Why do you walk so one-sided, my child? It is far more becoming to go straight forward. " The young Crab replied: Quite true, dear Mother; and if you will show me the straight way, I will promise to walk in it. The Mother tried in vain, and submitted without remonstrance to the reproof of her child.

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