Tapla and Gofa are engaged in a dispute about whether or not to send their children to the day-school just opened in their town. Tapla, as a progressive man, is for the school; Gofa, as a conservative of tribal custom, is against it. “You remind me of Mother Crab,” says Tapla. ‘She had two children, and she took them out for a walk. They had gone a little way, when she said, “Run on ahead, children, and have a good play! I will soon catch you.” — “No,” said the smaller child, “we came out to walk with you, and do not wish to leave you.” — “ Besides,” said the larger child, “don’t you see, mother, that we are made just like you, and can go no faster than you?”