Colin the Crab Falls in Love
Colin the Crab is a hard worker who loves spending his spare time with friends. He has a charming home, but lately it has started to feel a bit empty and lonely. Is it time for Colin to find a spouse? Colin is confused, and none of his friends knows how to advise him. One day Finley the Frog, the director of the river museum, calls Colin for help when an accident befalls an important exhibition of shells and corals. Among the broken shelves, Colin makes a delightful discovery: a girl crab with the most beautiful eyes along the riverbank.
Colin the Crab is a hard worker who loves spending his spare time with friends. He has a charming home, but lately it has started to feel a bit empty and lonely. Is it time for Colin to find a spouse? Colin is confused, and none of his friends knows how to advise him.
One day Finley the Frog, the director of the river museum, calls Colin for help when an accident befalls an important exhibition of shells and corals. Among the broken shelves, Colin makes a delightful discovery: a girl crab with the most beautiful eyes along the riverbank.
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Later that day, <strong>Col<strong>in</strong></strong> and Clara climbed onto <strong>the</strong> roof<br />
of <strong>Col<strong>in</strong></strong>’s house. They sat side by side for quite a while,<br />
not say<strong>in</strong>g a word.<br />
“I was try<strong>in</strong>g to learn how to drive a motocopter because I<br />
wanted to take you on a very special trip,” <strong>Col<strong>in</strong></strong> confessed.<br />
“Why? It’s quite lovely here <strong>in</strong> our home bay,” Clara said.<br />
<strong>Col<strong>in</strong></strong> hesitated. “I thought . . . <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> lookout spot upstream,<br />
I could . . . ask you to be my wife,” <strong>Col<strong>in</strong></strong> blurted out. “And<br />
now, you have to settle for this place.”<br />
There was a long moment of silence. They could almost<br />
hear <strong>the</strong>ir little crab hearts beat<strong>in</strong>g under <strong>the</strong>ir breastplates.<br />
At last Clara smiled. “My answer is <strong>the</strong> same, no matter<br />
where we are. Of course! <strong>Col<strong>in</strong></strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Crab</strong>, you are exactly<br />
<strong>the</strong> k<strong>in</strong>d of crab I want to live with for <strong>the</strong> rest of my life.”<br />
That even<strong>in</strong>g two very happy crabs sat side by side on<br />
<strong>the</strong> roof of <strong>Col<strong>in</strong></strong>’s charm<strong>in</strong>g house, admir<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> silvery<br />
moon, and plann<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>ir future. Even <strong>the</strong> w<strong>in</strong>d stilled,<br />
to listen to <strong>the</strong> two crabs dream<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> quiet.<br />
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