Now that you all know what iStoryTree is and how fascinating it is,
it’s high time we talked something about the first story: Crab and Crane.
Jennie will of course narrate the whole
story to you; and Read to Me option
will do the same, too. But then something troubled our minds: how did the lead
characters of the story – the crab and the crane – arrive at the pond? Where did they live before
that? What made them choose the pond?
We put these questions to our research team and asked them find out. They took
their time, but they came up with the answers in the end. The facts they dug up
startled us to the core. Read on. Let’s start with the crab.
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Contrary to popular belief among other
creatures, Wawa wasn’t born in the pond. He was, however, born and brought up
in a sea. He was only three months old when the tragedy struck: on a fateful
full moon day the high tides threw him out of the sea. For the unfortunate
event made him an orphan, Wawa cried continually for three days, not knowing
what to do and where to go.
Wawa went back into the sea and tried to
find his family. But he couldn’t. It was only then he realized the vastness of
the sea. The more he stayed in the sea, the more depressed he became. The
thought of his parents made him sad. Not wanting to suffer anymore, he decided
to come out of the sea.
For over a week he walked on the beach,
without any reason, without any purpose. He tried to make friends with other
crabs, but to no avail. The other crabs didn’t welcome him. Instead, they
picked on him whenever they needed some entertainment. ‘Hey there, little one,
come here,’ they used to call him. When Wawa approached them, they sent him
back again: ‘All right, now go back,’ they said and laughed. Wawa was
disappointed. He cried for a while. And then he wiped his tears and made up his
mind: ‘I won’t ever cry again. I will find my friends one day,’ he said to
himself.
As time passed by, Wawa became brave and
courageous. He decided to abandon the sea and its surrounding completely, and
started walking away from what was once his home. He neither had a plan nor a
destination. He had no one to guide. He was left with nothing. He, however, had
only one companion: his instincts.
Three weeks later he happened to see a
pond. For the little pond was full of interesting species, he took a liking to
the surrounding the moment he arrived. Looking at Wawa’s walking style – he
walked sideways and backwards (as most crabs do) – other creatures laughed at
him. Among all the creatures, it was the frog that laughed more. In spite of
this, Wawa didn’t mind. He found warmth and happiness in their laughter.
He stood silently for a minute, and then, he
began to imitate the frog by hopping. With a tiny body and tiny claws, he
looked funny. And this time, the other creatures laughed with him. The frog hung his head, and hopped and sat on a nearby
rock. ‘All right, all right, stop laughing,’ he said.
‘Hi, I am Wawa,’ said the crab.
‘I’m Rafe,’ said the frog.
Thus began their friendship. Although the
fish were scared of Wawa in the beginning, they warmed up to him later when
they realized he was harmless. Soon Wawa made friends with every creature in
and around the pond.
Together they played and swam and made fun
of each other and had a happy time. It was during this time of their merriment
that Carlos the Crane arrived.
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