. The talking beasts : a book of fable wisdom . y a littlewhile. EE-SzE (Meaning): The Creator made the world for all touse, and, while using it, the strong should not try to drive outthe weak. The Proud Fox and the Crab ONE day a Fox said to a Crab: Crawlingthing, did you ever run in all your life. Yes, said the Crab, I run very often fromthe mud to the grass and back to the river.: Oh, shame! said the Fox, that is nodistance to run. How many feet and legshave you? I have only four. Why, if I hadas many feet as you have, I would run at leastsix times as fast as you do. Did you know thatyou ar
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. The talking beasts : a book of fable wisdom . y a littlewhile. EE-SzE (Meaning): The Creator made the world for all touse, and, while using it, the strong should not try to drive outthe weak. The Proud Fox and the Crab ONE day a Fox said to a Crab: Crawlingthing, did you ever run in all your life. Yes, said the Crab, I run very often fromthe mud to the grass and back to the river.: Oh, shame! said the Fox, that is nodistance to run. How many feet and legshave you? I have only four. Why, if I hadas many feet as you have, I would run at leastsix times as fast as you do. Did you know thatyou are really a very slow, stupid creature?Though I have only four feet I run ten times asfar as you do. I never heard of any one withso many feet as you have, running so slowly.1 The Crab said: Would you like to run arace with a stupid creature like me? I willtry to run as fast as you. I know I am small, so suppose we go to the scales and see how muchheavier you are. As you are ten times largerthan I, of course you will have to run ten timesfaster.. * ONE DAY A FOX SAID TO A CRAB: CBAWLJNG THING, DID YOUEVER RUN IN ALL YOUR LITE? FABLES FROM THE CHINESE 255 Another reason why you can run so fastis because you have such a fine tail and holdit so high. If you would allow me to put itdown, I do not think you would run any fasterthan I. Oh, very wrell, said the Fox, contempt-uously, do as you like, and still the race willbe so easy for me that I will not even need to try.Your many legs and your stupid head do notgo very well together. Now, if I had my senseand all of your legs, no creature in the forestcould outrun me. As it is, there are none thatcan outwit me. I am known as the sharp-witted. Even man says, Qui-kwat-wui-lai(sly as a fox). So do what you will, stupid one.5 If you will let me tie your beautiful taildown so it will stay, said the Crab, I amsure I can win the race. Oh, no, you cannot, said the Fox. ButI will prove to even your stupid, slow brainthat it will make no differe