Why The Crab Has No Head And How The first River Started: Episode 1

A long time ago, when God made this earth, he choose the mighty elephant to be king of the world. The elephant and his subjects roamed through the dark green forest, and since there were no rivers in those days, God made a pond for them to drink from.

    Now one day, the elephant trumpeted loudly, and called for his friends; the hawk and the crab."Tomorrow",  he announced, 'I am going for hunting in the forest, and you must come with me.'
     The hawk was overjoyed and flew away to get his bow and arrows, but the poor crab was a slow-moving creature and could not hold any hunting weapons. But he was determined not to be left out, so he crawled and began to think hard about the problem.

         The next morning all three creatures meet on the edge of the forest and while the hawk and elephant went out with their bows and arrows to a section of the forest where they knew they will find plenty of games, the crab dragged a long net behind him, set it up on a spot he had chosen, and waited.
        Presently, a wounded animal rushed away from the elephant and the hawk, straight into the crabs net and seizing a large piece of wood, the crab quickly beat the animal at its head so that it dies at ones.
      This happened again and again. If the elephant or the hawk killed animal outright, then they put it beside them for themselves, but if they only wounded one, the poor creature rushed away towards the crabs net. Once it was entangled there, the crab soon dispatched it with his heavy stick, removed and hid the arrow that it had wounded it, and put the carcass on his own pile.
       By the afternoon, the elephant had killed five antelope and the hawk three, and each taught he had done very well.
   'Lets go and find the crab,' suggested the elephant. 'I don't suppose the poor thing has managed to catch any thing t all'
        How amazed they were to find the crab sitting proudly beside the carcasses of ten animals, all much bigger than himself. The hawk began congratulating him but the elephant was furious that the crab had killed more animals than he had, and shouted:
     'Hawk!   kill the wretched crab.   I, your king, order you to do so. Cut of his head at once!
   'Oh, sir! Oh, king!' begged the crab. 'Please do not kill me. I will give you all this meat and never come near you again if only you will let me live.'
  At last the elephant consented and seizing the..
..to be continued..

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