Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 323
he 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 per-simmons, but the crab had no means of climbing the tree. So heasked the monkey to climb up and get the… … THE CRABS DECLARED WAR. the tree thus had his shell badly bruised, and only by good luckescaped into his house, where he lay distressed with pain and notable to get up. Now, when other crabs heard how matters stood,they were surprised and angry, and declared war, and attacked themonkey, who led…
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