The Foolish Crane and The Mongoose

The crab thought for a while, "I have to devise a plan to have the black snake killed, and have the cranes destroyed at the same time. The cranes are our natural enemy. I will tell him half truth and half lies, to my advantage."

Thinking so, the crab said to the crane, "Aunty! I will tell you a plan to get rid of the black snake. All you have to do is scatter some fish and flesh from a nearby burrow, where a mongoose lives, to the snake`s hollow. When the mongoose will come following the food and reach the snake`s home, he will certainly kill him!"

The crane agreed to do as the crab planned. As anticipated, the mongoose saw the black snake while following the trail of food. They had a fight, and the mongoose killed the snake.

After this, the mongoose realized that there were many cranes on the top of the trees. In due course of time, the mongoose climbed up the trees and started killing the cranes, till all the cranes were destroyed.

The wise indeed say:

The solution of the problem should not be worse than the problem itself. That is, while trying to solve the problem, you should not complicate the problem further.