The Crane and the Clan
(Favourite stories from Chinese)
(Favourite stories from Chinese)
Chao was going to attack Yen. When the king of
Yen heard about it, he sent for his senior officers.
“Can you tell me what to do?” he asked them.
Su Tai said, “I have a plan. Let me go and speak to
the king of Chao,” The king of Yen agreed.
When Su Tai arrived at Chao, he saw the king. Your
Majesty,” he said, “When I was coming here this morning, I passed the River Yi.
There I saw a clam lying in the sun. Suddenly, a crane came along and tried to
open its shell and eat it up. The clam caught the crane’s beak in it shell. The
crane tried to free itself but was unable to do so.”
“ ‘You can try as hard as you like,’ the clam said,
‘but you cannot escape.”
“ ‘Unless you let me go,’ the crane answered, ‘you
will not be able to return to the river.’”
“Neither of them wanted to give way. Not long
afterwards, a fisherman passed by. He stopped and caught them both without any
trouble.”
The king of Chao asked Su Tai, “What is the meaning of
this story?”
“Your Majesty,” Su Tai replied, “if Chao and Yen fight
each other they: will both become weak. there are many countries around us
waiting to be the fisherman. I hope Your Majesty will think twice before doing
anything.”
“Very well,” the King replied. Nothing more was heard
after that of Chao attacking Yen.
Source: Favourite stories from Chinese by Leon Comber
shared by www.englishstory12.blogspot.com
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