A fat little fish was the fastest swimmer in the river. The other big fish always wanted to eat her but they could not swim fast enough to catch her.

One day, a crocodile met the fat fish when she was wadding by the river. The crocodile had heard about the fast fish and he had decided he would like to have a taste of this fat fish. The crocodile understood that he wouldn’t be able to catch her just by jumping in the river, but he had had a plan in his mind for some time already.

The crocodile said to the fish, ‘Hey, little one, it’s a sunny day! Why don’t you come up to the bank and play?’

The fish sneered, ‘What’s so interesting up there?’

The crocodile did his best to look surprised and said, ‘Oh! Don’t you know you can enjoy many wonderful things on the shore? I spend most of my time out of the water! You can lie on soft grass and bathe in the sunshine. You can taste many kinds of delicious insect. You can also meet a lot of little animals. They are nice and you will have a good time with them.’

The little fish’s eyes shone with interests. She was tempted but she was a bit worried. ‘What if… I meet some big animals there and they want to eat me?’

The crocodile laughed into the air. ‘Come on, silly! Haven’t you forgotten that you are the fastest! Trust me.’

The fish smiled and agreed with the crocodile. She strained to jump up onto the ground. But once she had reached the ground, she could not move a bit and she felt dry under the sun. Too late she understood that the crocodile had tricked her. The crocodile giggled a little after he’d swallowed the little fish down.

Know your place.