"Oh, my son, why do you walk sideways like that with your toes turned in?" Mother Crab said as she neared the young crab.
The young crab was puzzled. He said, "But mama, I always walk sideways with my toes turned in. Papa and you also walk sideways with your toes turned in."

"No, no, no. That is not the correct way. You should always walk straight forward with your toes turned out," said Mother Crab.
So, the obedient young crab tried to do as he was told. But try as he might, he couldn’t. In the end, he said, "Mama, I can’t walk straight forward with my toes turned out. Can you please show me?"

Mother Crab was very glad to hear that her son was willing to learn. "I will show you, my son. Now step back and watch carefully," said Mother Crab.

With that, Mother Crab stretched out one of her legs, turned her toes out and tried to take a step forward. But as soon as she did that, she tripped and fell flat on her nose!
