Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 355, 29 December 1891 — A STORY ABOUT CRAB. [ARTICLE]

A STORY ABOUT CRAB.

I Fiie n*v.'« }it< t'?l■ .• v>rv instructive fali2o about the ojabs. who/>nce d*libera?ed i» n eouneil what to do in or<lfr to amend their haekwanl walk. * Ft is a thdme for us f ' } 9aid tho s|>eaker «ddee&ssing the assem> hly« *':o 'valk cofHtr«ry to aii othvr anim»ls. a tua» is un*

fortiraake in piis business, ai. onco they say, 'He walks like a.er»b.' We 111 usi suffer thls no lotiger. Ab 1 regarde ourselves, we are too ols change oor habit; but let us raake it a law tbat dvery parent shall traift his young ope, by 'all ways aD(l' meaDS- never to walk otherwise thaa forwar(l wiil then gradually amend the disgraceful'oddity of o«r »pecies. The law propossd was uiianimously adopted and the meetingdissoifred. "It is now iime," said the oldcrab to his young one. u that yo« ieitroed to. waik." u How mu|st Ido inquired • the youiigster. | "Lift up ypur feet, one after the : ofcher, and put tnem Btraight ahead, | and pay not to waik m | any other ?> ffas t,hft / ; v u Fathet\ ivalk ahead and show me* wad thje youngsters demand. The old one began tq walk in bis old fa6hion; the yoimg one fo!lowed him at onee in like manner. : ; .

med tliē old "e"īre 5 4n :inger. 4t Did I not tellyou to walk straigat ahoad; why don't you obey me?" ; £t ī eannoi do differently from your exam|>le," tho little one meekly replied. 'To be brief, the old erafe could effect Mothiiig to the purpose by a!l exclamar7kms';md" threats; and this is the roason why all the crabs still walk at Work.