Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 325
the monkeys defied the other party. together they planned a deep-laid plot to be avenged upon the mon-keys. First, they asked the monkeys to make peace with thecrabs ; and thus they got the king of the monkeys to enter thehome of the crabs alone, and to seat himself on the hearth. Then,the monkey,… … THE CRABS RETREATED. lying hidden inthe ashes, andburned the armof the monkey.Surprised andfrightened, heplunged his arminto the pickle-tub in the kitch-en to relieve thepain of the burn.Then the bee,which was hid-den near the tub, stung him sharply in his face. Howling bitterly, and with-? s out…
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