Project Gutenberg 2008-04-08 Public domain in the USA. 234 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous Eitaku 1843 1890 Sensai Eitaku Thompson, David 1835 Sarukani kassen. English Battle of the Monkey and the Crab Battle of the Monkey & the Crab Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crab_and_the_Monkey Produced by Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Battle of the Monkey & the Crab" by Anonymous is a Japanese fairy tale likely written in the late 19th century. This book falls into the category of folklore and children's literature, presenting themes of justice and revenge through a fantastical narrative. The story features anthropomorphic characters, with a focus on the battle between a crafty monkey and a determined crab, ultimately serving as a cautionary tale about trust and integrity. In the tale, a monkey tricks a crab into trading a piece of toasted rice-cake for a persimmon seed, which the crab plants and grows into a tall tree. However, when the monkey climbs the tree to eat the ripe persimmons and carelessly throws unripe ones at the crab, the crab gets injured. Enraged, the crab's family seeks revenge, enlisting the help of various creatures to devise a plot against the monkey. After luring the monkey into their lair under the pretense of peace, they successfully execute their plan, leading to the monkey's downfall. This tale highlights the consequences of deceit and the ability of the wronged to unite and seek retribution. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Folklore -- Japan Fairy tales -- Japan PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 31651 2025-08-10T10:03:57.915260 text/html 27159 2021-01-03T11:43:27 text/html 1400954 2025-08-10T10:03:59.730264 application/epub+zip 1399642 2025-08-10T10:03:58.364276 application/epub+zip 72536 2025-08-10T10:03:58.114290 application/epub+zip 1428481 2025-08-10T10:04:00.885252 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1420958 2025-08-10T10:03:59.479237 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 95636 2022-09-11T13:12:08.782279 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 23478 2025-08-10T10:03:57.699255 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23262 2021-01-03T11:43:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 4493070 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 3624814 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 4039190 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 41274 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 29630 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 24392 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 3551377 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 28220 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 3134513 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 50932 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 3944180 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 3178100 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 37626 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 3662555 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 26693 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 3239181 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 40296 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 3900161 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 3202122 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 38262 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 3642763 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 42840 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 25245 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 3348667 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 39750 2007-10-03T18:05:00 application/octet-stream 39584 2025-08-10T10:04:01.061234 application/rdf+xml 36334 2025-08-10T10:03:58.185263 image/jpeg 4572 2025-08-10T10:03:58.148261 image/jpeg 1352814 2021-01-03T11:43:27 application/octet-stream application/zip 8577 2021-01-03T11:43:27 application/octet-stream application/zip 1352827 2025-08-10T10:03:57.958269 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Unknown en.wikipedia en.wikipedia