Azban and the Crayfish Bruchac, James and Joseph.Trickster Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection.Hurriedly, the crayfish crawls underneath a rock to hide, and when Azban reaches out one of his claws the crayfish pinches Azban's finger.The crayfish swims back to the crayfish village to tell the Chief and the other crayfish that he was in a great battle with Azban and defeated him and Azban is now dead.He begins looking into the water and at the same moment a crayfish is swimming by and sees the reflection of Azban.Azban sits on the bank to concoct a plan on how to get the crayfish without getting hurt.The Chief is hesitant in his belief of this story so all of the crayfish go to the bank to see for themselves if Azban is dead."Azban and the Crayfish."