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| Cat v. crab |
Europeans and Americans are familiar with the fable of the tortoise and the hare. The Japanese have their own fable of the fast and cocky critter losing to the (presumably) slower one.
As the fable goes, a cat and crab decided to race, and the cat was supremely confident about beating the crab. The crab was slower, but smart: he hooked a claw onto the speeding cat’s tail, then skittered across the finish line, just ahead of the cat.
