{"collection":"African","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/afr/yl/yl40.htm","path":"afr/yl/yl40.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/afr/yl/yl40.htm","text":"Sacred-Texts African Index Previous Next\nEVERYONE knows that Tortoise and Crab are enemies.\nOne morning on the seashore they decided to fight to see which was the stronger, but, as both of them are protected by a hard shell, neither could succeed in injuring the other.\nFinally they came to an agreement that they were equal in strength.\n\u201cWe are so well protected by our p. 77 armour,\u201d said Tortoise, \u201cthat no one can harm us.\u201d\n\u201cAnd thus,\u201d said Crab, \u201cwe are the strongest creatures in the world.\u201d\nBut at this moment a boy passed by and picked them both up. Tortoise was boiled in a pot and his shell was made into ornaments, while Crab was cooked in a stew for the boy\u2019s supper. Since that day the descendants of the two boasters have always been ashamed to meet, and that is why they always shun one another.","title":"XXXVII TORTOISE AND CRAB","type":"page"}