Fable Poem by Gangadharan nair Pulingat..

Fables heard in the student days are beautiful
To remember and retelling is also nice
Once there was a strong determined crane bird
used to eat lot of fishes from a pond nearby
Still it was greedy and always tried its cruelty
To catch the fishes with its clever tactics

Still the clever ones among the beautiful fishes
Hid themselves undergoing downside of the pond
Hoping for the best ones for its prey as food
The strong crane tried its best to pacify them

He told a beautiful story of another lake nearby
where enough water in crystal clear is available
The coming summer season will be very hard and dry
The living pond will be dried without water

To escape from the sure death the crane advised
He will himself will rescue the fishes in singles
In its mouth and reach within seconds to the lake
where there will be plenty of water and food

The feeble ones among the fishes caught the bite
That the crane's story in its meaning of safety
They told him to rescue them one by one everyday
The strong minded crane carried and ate them all

Afterwards there was a crab the real clever one
Which suspected the motives of the enemy bird
But decided to experience the fate and save himself
And offered his life for rescue to the near lake
The crane as usual caught the crab and went
To the nearest big stone to sit and eat the crab

The clever crab saw the bones of fishes from the height
And it decided to teach a lesson to the crane
It caught hold of the neck of the crane with sharplegs
In the ultimate end of the story the death of crane

The story is relevant today in social context
Never believe an enemy unless it is strongly proved
His offer of help in times of necessity
The results will be just like the fishes crane saved.