Russian Fable: Swan, Pike and Crab
Posted by eebakcuh on April 25, 2008
Thankfully I was able to find a poem from a Russian fable which describes the conundrum our Central Asian university faces. We have separate ethnic groups in places of authority who are trying to pull the same load in vastly different directions. Krylov was on to something about how our institution of “higher learning” will TRY to get itself out of its own mess. How DID Krylov know, will we survive?
Once a Swan, a Pike, and a Crab
Tried to pull a loaded cab, …
They pulled hard, did not flinch,
But they gained not an inch …
The Swan pulled hard toward the sky
The Crab to crawl backward did try,
The Pike made for the river nearby.
They could not agree on an approach out of the mess.
