Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 322
SARU-KANI KASSEN; OR, THE BATTLE OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRABS. A STORY FROM THE JAPANESE.FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. PUBLISHED BY PERMISSION. (SEE PAGE 318.) A MONKEY and a crab oncemet when go-ing around amountain. Themonkey hada persimmon-seed which hehad picked up.The crab had apiece of toastedrice-cake.… … THE UNRIPE PERSIMMONS HE THREW AT THE CRAB. (SEE NEXT PAGE.} 3io SARU-KANI KASSEN ; OR, [February, The crab, without a word, gave up his cake, and took the persim-mon-seed and planted it. At once it sprung up, and soon became atree so high that one had to look up at it. The tree was full of…
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