Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 230
their sweet potatoes. The next time the chain of monkeys let down a little ape, a big crab reached out and caught him.There are many other stories and fables, which tell of the constant warfare be-tween monkeys and crabs, and Japanese artists draw comical pictures to illustrate them. Another… … THE CRAB WITH A FACE ON ITS BACK. REAL SIZE. (THE UPPER PICTURE IS MAGNIFIED.) of their defeat whenever the same day comesround in later years. The face on the Dorippes back is like aswollen and mottled one. The eyelids seemclosed, as if in a sleep or stupor, while its mouthquite carries out the…
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