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==[[Author:William Caxton|Caxton's]] translation (1484)==<br />
'''Of the two Creuysses'''<br />
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He whiche wyll teche and lerne some other / ought first to corryge & examyne hym self / as it appereth by this fable of a creuysse / whiche wold haue chastysed her owne doughter bicause that she wente not wel ryght / And sayd to her in this manere / My doughter / hit pleaseth me not that thow goost thus backward / For euylle myght wel therof come to the / And thenne the doughter sayd to her moder My moder I shalle go ryght and forward with a good will but ye must goo before for to shewe to me the waye / But the moder coude none other wyse goo / than after her kynd / wherfore her doughter sayd vnto her / My moder fyrst lerne your self for to goo ryght and forward / and thenne ye shalle teche me<br />
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''And therfore he that wylle teche other / ought to shewe good ensample / For grete shame is to the doctour whanne his owne coulpe or faulte accuseth hym<br />
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==[[Author:George Fyler Townsend|Townsend's]] translation (1887)==<br />
'''The Crab and Its Mother'''<br />
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A Crab said to her son, "Why do you walk so one-sided, my child? It is far more becoming to go straight forward." The young Crab replied: "Quite true, dear Mother; and if you will show me the straight way, I will promise to walk in it." The Mother tried in vain, and submitted without remonstrance to the reproof of her child.<br />
:''Example is more powerful than precept.''<br />
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==[[Author:Joseph Jacobs|Jacobs']] translation (1894)==<br />
'''The Two Crabs'''<br />
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One fine day two Crabs came out from their home to take a stroll on the sand. "Child," said the mother, "you are walking very ungracefully. You should accustom yourself, to walking straight forward without twisting from side to side."<br />
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"Pray, mother," said the young one, "do but set the example yourself, and I will follow you."<br />
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Example is the best precept.<br />
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