一則本生故事，講述一隻鶴騙取魚群信任、逐一叼食，最終卻被一隻識破詭計的螃蟹夾死，用以譬喻一個騙術反被識破的做袈裟者。

A birth-story of a crane who tricked fish into letting it carry and eat them, until a crab it tried to deceive killed it, told to illustrate a robe-maker’s trick that was turned back on him.

一則本生故事，講述菩薩作為魚群首領，提醒同伴提防一隻在池邊假裝虔誠的鶴，用以譬喻一個偽善之人。

A birth-story in which the Bodhisatta, as leader of a shoal of fish, warned them against a crane feigning piety by a pond, told in reference to a hypocrite.