# The Crab — Aesop's Fables character guide

> The Crab in Aesop's Fables by Aesop.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The Crab, the Crab, Crab

**First appearance:** 0051-the-crab-and-his-mother

## Who they are

A sideways-walking creature who learns about walking straight.

## In the story

### [The Crab and His Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-crab-and-his-mother)

The Old Crab who criticizes her son but fails to set a proper example.

### [The Crab and the Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-crab-and-the-fox)

Leaves the seashore for an inland meadow and is caught by a Fox.

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