Extra Credit Reading Notes: Rouse. The Giant Crab Part A

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The Dishonest Friend

  • A man went on a journey and he asked his friend to take care of the plough until he returns
  • The friend promised to take great care of it; however, as soon as the man left, he sold the man's plough and kept the money
  • The man came back from his journey and asked for the plough back
  • The friend explained that his house got infested with rats and one night, a very big rat came by and ate the plough up
  • One day the man took the friend's boy for a walk and hid him in this house and said he was not to leave until he came back
  • The man went back to his friend and the friend panicked and basically accused him of murdering his son
  • The man told him a hawk carried him away but the friend did not believe him
  • They took this to the court and the judge said "Who ever heard of a hawk carrying off a boy?"
  • Then the man said out of pettiness "And who ever heard, my lord, of a rat eating a plough?"
  • After this, the plough and the son was returned to their proper owner
  • The friend saw that honest is the best policy
The Dishonest Friend. Source: W. Robinson.


Bibliography: The Dishonest Friend from the Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India by W. H. D. Rouse.

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