The five fingers are brothers. The thumb goes to get bamboo. He tries to kiss the bamboo and his nose sticks. One by one the others go in search of the missing but are captured in the same manner. The little finger, which alone remains free, releases the others.
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A carabao and a shell agree to race along the river. The carabao runs swiftly, then pauses to call “shell.” Another shell replies and the carabao continues running. This is repeated many times until at last the carabao falls dead. Page 225
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A crab and a shell go to get wood. The crab pulls the rope on his load so tightly that he breaks his big legs and dies. The shell finds his friend dead and cries until he belches his own body out of the shell and he dies.
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A mosquito tells a man he would eat him were it not for his ears.