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Once upon a time there lived a heron by the side of a pond. It was a
lazy creature and once deivsed a plan to get a supply of fish without doing much
work. So one day, he went to the side of the pond and put on a gloomy face
without attempting to catch any fish. The pond was also inhabited by a carb,
which was wise and often helped the fish in the pond. On seeing the gloomy
heron, the crab asked her what the matter was.
The heron said, "Alas! I am worried that the pond is going to be soon
devoid of any fish, which are in turn my source of food. I overheard a group of
fishermen talking about catching all the fish in this pond. But I know of a pond
somewhat far away, where all the fish shall be safe. If the fish are interested,
i can carry a few each day to the other pond where they will be
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All the fish were eager to make use of the heron in reaching a safer
destination. So everyday some of the them volunteer to go with the heron. The
heron took some fish each day in the beak, and on reaching a large rock used to
eat all the fish up and leave the bones of the fish at the rock. So she was able
to get a continuos supply of fish at no effort at all. In the end, the curiosity
got the better of the crab, and one day it volunteered to go with the fish. When
it had gone closer to the rock, it realised the foul play the heron had been
playing on the poor fish. Enraged, it tightened its claws around the neck of the
heron and snapped the head of the heron off. The heron this died a selfish
death. The crab crept back to the pond and told all the fish about the lies the
heron had been telling.
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