The Crab Walk

There's this old Malay folklore
……About this crab & its kids
……………Trying to teach its children
…………How to walk a straight path
………Daddy crab said now to its kids
…”Children, follow like how I walk”
There the daddy crab goes
….Stepping from side to side
………The eldest kid crab argued back
…………Daddy, you ain't going in straight line
………………”You're walking in a zigzag way”
……………Daddy crab annoyed and said
…………….”Hush now, you ain't know none”
………”Just follow like I tell you to do”
…Daddy goes on, walking the same line
Walking in a zigzag way from side to side
…The other kid crabs were just too scared
……To be telling their daddy's groove
………They just follow the zigzag way
……………And tries not to anger their daddy
………………Tailing their daddy, zigzag they go
…………………As time went by, those kid crabs grew
……………Had their own kids to raise up too
……And they be teaching the same thing
………”Children, follow like how I walk”
…………There the daddy crab goes
…………Stepping from side to side
……………Time after time, it had repeated
…………………New daddies would say the same thing too
………………………”Walk on straight like how I would do”