The story centers around a crab and a tiger, highlighting themes of conflict, resilience, and cleverness. The crab, whose home is repeatedly destroyed by the tiger, confronts the tiger but is initially misunderstood by its mother. When the tiger attempts to destroy the crab's house again, the crab fights back, injuring the tiger and forcing it to plead for mercy. The crab agrees to spare the tiger if it enters the water. Meanwhile, a shepherd witnesses the attack and is threatened by the tiger to keep quiet. The shepherd, despite his fear, shares the story with his mother, but they don't believe him. When the tiger confronts the shepherd later, the frightened shepherd cleverly lies about having crab bread to escape being eaten. Ultimately, the tiger flees, and the shepherd returns home safely, showing that cunning can triumph over brute strength.

एगो केंकड़ा पानी किनारे घर उठौलक। एगो बाघ रोज पानी पीये जाय। ओकर घरवा ढाह देवे। एक दिन कोकड़वा बघवा के घरे चेतावे गेल, कि ''ए बघिनिया मामा, तोर बेटवा रोज हमर घरवा जा के ढाह दे हउ। से ई अच्छा बात नऽ हउ, एक दिन जरूरे लड़ाई होतउ!'' ऊ घरे आयल तऽ ओकर मइया मारे दउड़ल, कि ''तू कोंकड़वा के घर ढाह देवऽ हीं। से आज बड़ी खिसिया के गेल हे!'' ई सुन के फिनों बघवा कोंकड़वा के घरवा ढाहे गेल। कोंकड़वा अप्पन घरवे में नुकल खाऽ हले। से जइसहीं बाघ ढाहे ला थोथुना लगौलक, ओइसहीं कोंकड़ा बाघ के नाक में टँगुरा समा देलक, आउ नाक में काटना सुरू कयलक। अब बघवा सार छटपटालय, रोवे, गिरे, पछड़े, आउ कहे कि ''ए कोंकड़ा भइया, अब छोड़ दे, अब नऽ ढहबउ!'’ कोंकड़वा कहलक कि ''चल पनियाँ में, तूं थोथुना डूबइहें, तब छोड़ देबउ!'’ से गते-गते बाघ पानी में गेल आउ अप्पन थोथुना डूबवउलक। कोंकड़ा पानी में भाग गेल, आउ बघवा जंगल में भागल जाइत हल।

एगो गोरखिया हल, जे बघवा के मारइत कोंकड़वा के देखलक हल। बघवा पूछलक, कि ''अईं रे गोरखिया, तू कुछ देखलहीं हे का रे?'' ऊ कहलक कि ''नऽ बघवा भइया! कहाँ कुच्छो देखली हे?'’ बघवा कहलक कि ''हमरा कोंकड़वा बड़ी मार मारलक हे। से देखऽ, केकरो से कहिहें नऽ, नऽ तो तोरों खा जबउ !'' से साँझ के गोरखिया अप्पन घरे आयल । घरे आन के ऊ अँगना में नाचे, आउ कहे कि ''मइयो गे मइयो ! एगो चीज देखली हे!'' बाघ भी ओकरा पाछे से चल आयल, आउ ओकर घर के पिछुत्ती में बइठ गेल, आउ गोरखिया के सभे बतिया सुनऽ हल।

गोरखिया के मइया पूछलक कि ''का देखले हे रे? से कहे नऽ!'' गोरखिया जोर-जोर कहे लगल कि ''गे मइया, कोंकड़वा बघवा के बड़ी मार मारकइ हे!'' बाकि ओकर माय-बाप के विस्वास नऽ भेल। बिहान होते बाघ अन्हरिये में पिछुत्ती से भाग गेल। गोरखिया अप्पन बकरी ले के जंगल में चरावे गेल। जंगल में बघवा से भेट भेलई। बघवा गोरखिया पूछलक, कि ''अईं रे गोरखिया, तू कोई से कहलहीं का रे? त ऊ कहलक कि ''नऽ बघवा भइया!'' बघवा कहलक कि ''हां रे सार, तूंही नऽ अप्पन मइया-बप्पा से कहलही हें, सब हम पिछुतिया से सुनऽ हलियो, से आज तोरा बिना खयले नऽ छोड़बो! से बताव केन्ने से खइअउ?

एतने में डर के मारे गोरखिया के पेटवा गड़गड़ायल। से बघवा सुन के पूछलक कि का खयले हें रे? गोरखिया कहलक कि ''ए बघवा भइया, हम कोंकड़ा रोटी खा के अयले हियो! कोंकड़वा निकलल आवऽ हई, से तनी दम रखऽ ओकरा निकाल देवे द तब खइहँऽ!'' एतना सुन के बघवा कहलक कि ''दम रख सार, पहिले हमरा भागे दे, तब निकलिहें!'' बघवा चट-पट भाग गेल, आउ गोरखिया भी गते-गते अपन घरे चल देलक।

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Once, a crab built its house by the water's edge. A tiger would come daily to drink water and would destroy its house. One day, the crab went to warn the tiger, saying, "Hey, uncle tiger, your son comes to my house every day and destroys it. That's not a good thing, there will surely be a fight one day!" When the crab returned home, its mother ran out and said, "You must have destroyed the crab's house. That's why you are so upset today!" Hearing this, the tiger went to demolish the crab's house again. The crab was hiding in its own home. As soon as the tiger started to break it down, the crab quickly shoved a claw into the tiger's nose and began to bite it. Now the tiger was writhing, crying, falling, and pleading, "Oh crab brother, let me go, I won't destroy it anymore!" The crab replied, "Let's go into the water, then I'll let you go once you are submerged!" So, while struggling, the tiger went into the water and submerged its snout. The crab swam away, and the tiger ran off into the jungle.

There was a shepherd who saw the tiger attacking the crab. The tiger asked, "Hey shepherd, did you see anything?" He replied, "No, tiger brother! I didn't see anything." The tiger said, "That crab gave me quite a beating. See, if you tell anyone, I will eat you!" In the evening, the shepherd returned home. Upon reaching home, he danced in the yard and exclaimed, "Mother, Mother! I saw something!" The tiger also followed him and sat behind his house, listening to everything the shepherd said.

The shepherd’s mother asked, "What did you see, tell me!" The shepherd started to shout, "Mother, the crab really beat the tiger!" But his parents didn’t believe him. Early in the morning, the tiger ran away from behind the house in the dark. The shepherd took his goat to graze in the jungle. He encountered the tiger in the jungle. The tiger asked the shepherd, "Hey shepherd, did you tell anyone?" The shepherd said, "No, tiger brother!" The tiger replied, "Yes, I know you told your mother and father; I heard everything from behind your house, so today I won't spare you without eating!"

Just then, out of fear, the shepherd's stomach growled. The tiger heard it and asked, "What did you eat?" The shepherd replied, "Oh tiger brother, I had a crab bread! The crab is coming out, so just wait a bit, let me take it out, then I'll eat!" Hearing this, the tiger said, "Hold on, let me escape first, then I'll come out!" The tiger quickly ran away, and the shepherd also went back home.